Soviet locomotive class TE2
8 x 152 kW d.c. traction motors
Gear ratio 4.69:1
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Maximum speed | 93 km/h (58 mph) |
Power output | Diesel: 2 x 736 kW (987 hp; 1,001 PS) |
Tractive effort | 2 x 246 kN (55,000 lbf) |
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Number in class | 527 Numbers: 001-527 |
The TE2 (Russian: ТЭ2; Ukrainian: ТЕ2) is a class of Soviet diesel-electric locomotives built by Malyshev Factory in Kharkiv, Ukraine, from 1948 to 1955. It is nominally a two-unit version of class TE1 but is very different in appearance. While the TE1 is a Co-Co hood unit, the TE2 is a Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo cab unit.[1]
Powertrain
Each of the two units is powered by a 736 kW (987 hp; 1,001 PS) Penza D50 4-stroke 6 cylinder supercharged diesel engine and has four 152 kW (204 hp; 207 PS) DC traction motors.
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
- ^ Heywood, A.J.; Button, I.D.C. (1995). Soviet Locomotive Types. Malmo: Frank Stenvalls Forlag. p. 44. 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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