2TE116

2TE116
2TE116-1507
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Luhanskteplovoz Total produced 2176
Specifications Configuration: ​  •  UIC Co-Co+Co-Co Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Loco weight 272 t (268 long tons; 300 short tons)
Performance figures Maximum speed 100 km/h (62 mph) Power output 4,500 kW (6,035 hp)
Career First run 1971

The 2TE116 is a broad gauge double diesel locomotive manufactured by Luhanskteplovoz, used extensively to haul heavy freight trains in the Soviet Union and its successor states, particularly by RZD. ^[1]

Variants are still being sold by Transmash; Ulaanbaatar Railway placed an order for 35 in October 2010. ^[2]

The 2TE116U is a successor. ^[3]

Gallery

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  2TE116U (left) and 2TE116 (right)
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  2TE116-1155
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  2TE116-1614
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See also

• The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
• Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation
• History of rail transport in Russia

References

1. "4rail.net - Reference - Rolling Stock - 2Te116". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
2. "Railway Gazette: Ulaanbaatar Railway orders Transmash locomotives". Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
3. "Рельсы от заводской проходной ведут и на восток, и на запад". Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-05-05.