Soviet locomotive class TE2
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| Tractive effort | 2 x 246 kN (55,000 lbf) |
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| Career | |
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| Number in class | 527 Numbers: 001-527 |
The TE2 (
Powertrain
Each of the two units is powered by a 736
Production
Prototypes were built in 1948 and 1949 and series production ran from 1950 to 1955.[2] A total of 528 pairs was built.[2] Each pair carried a single number in the range 001 to 528.[2]
Preservation
A TE2-414 is preserved at the Museum of Railway Technology, Saint Petersburg.
TE4
The TE4 was an experimental modification of a TE2, designed to run on solid fuel by using a producer gas system. The gas generator was mounted on a four-axle non-powered unit, placed between the TE2 power units, making a wheel arrangement of Bo-Bo+2-2+Bo-Bo. It was not a success and was converted back to a TE2. See ТЭ4 at the Russian-language Wikipedia.
TE6
The TE6 was a class of sixteen TE2-type locomotives ordered by the Ministry of Defence in 1952. They were single-section and their purpose was to serve as locomotives or mobile alternating current generators.[2] They were designed to "meet the requirements of protection against injury factors of a nuclear explosion". ТЭ6 [1]
References
- ISBN 9172661321.
- ^ a b c d Rakov (1995), p. 379-381.
- Rakov, Vitaliy (1995). Lokomotivy otechestvennyh zheleznyh dorog 1845-1955 [Locomotives of domestic railways 1845-1955] (in Russian). Moscow. ISBN 5-277-00821-7.)
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