Russian locomotive class TE2

TE2 or ТЭ2

TE2-414 at the Museum of Railway Technology,
Saint Petersburg
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Kharkov, Ukraine
Build date Prototypes: 1948-1949
Series-built: 1950-1955
Specifications
UIC class Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo
Wheel diameter 1,050 mm
Length 2 x 11,948 mm
Loco weight 2 x 83.25 tonnes
Prime mover 2 x Penza D50 4-stroke 6 cylinder supercharged diesels
RPM range Max. 740 rpm
Transmission Diesel-electric
8 x 152 kW d.c. traction motors
Gear ratio 4.69:1
Performance figures
Maximum speed 93 km/hr
Power output Diesel: 2 x 736 kw
(2 x 1,000 metric hp)
Tractive effort 2 x 246 kN
Career
Number in class 527
Numbers: 001-527

The TE2 (Cyrillic script: ТЭ2) is a class of Soviet diesel-electric locomotives built by Kharkov in Ukraine from 1948 to 1955. It is nominally a two-unit version of class TE1 (ТЭ1) 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 (1,000 metric h.p.) Penza D50 4-stroke 6 cylinder supercharged diesel engine and has four 152 kW d.c. traction motors.

Production

Prototypes were built in 1948-49 and series production ran from 1950 to 1955. A total of 527 pairs was built. Each pair carried a single number in the range 001 to 527.

Preservation

TE2-414 is preserved at the Museum of Railway Technology, Saint Petersburg.

TE4

The TE4 (ТЭ4) 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. ТЭ4

TE6

The TE6 (ТЭ6) was a class of sixteen TE2-type locomotives ordered by the Ministry of Defence in 1952. They were designed to "meet the requirements of protection against injury factors of a nuclear explosion". ТЭ6

References

  1. Heywood, A.J.; Button, I.D.C. (1995). Soviet Locomotive Types. Malmo: Frank Stenvalls Forlag. p. 44. ISBN 9172661321.


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