Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques

Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques

Toshkent Temiryo'l Texnikasi Muzeyi
Established	1989
Location	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Type	Railway techniques institute, public

Tashkent Museum of Railway Equipment is a railway museum in Tashkent and is the only such museum in Uzbekistan. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The museum opened on August 4, 1989, at the 100-year anniversary of the first railways in Central Asia. The museum sponsors exhibits on the development of railway technologies in Uzbekistan in the second half of the 20th century.

Contents

The museum hosts 13 steam engines, 18 diesel and 3 electric locomotives that were used across Uzbekistan to pull different types of wagons - many of which are also on display. The equipment required to operate a railway e.g. signals, semaphore and radio and paraphernalia such as emblems, tools and uniforms of the machinists is included.

The oldest example of railway engine that can be seen there is an OV engine 1534 ("The Lamb"), which has 700 horsepower, was made in 1914, and reached a speed of 55 km/h. The most powerful engine presented in the museum is P 36 ("Victory"), which has about 3000 horsepower. The engine was invented in 1833–1834 by Efim and Makar Cherepanovs and was used up to 1956 when replaced with diesel locomotives – the locomotives of 1961 could reach a speed of 60 km/h.

The museum offers a ride on one of the oldest trains, along a track that is almost 1 km long, through its grounds.

Steam Locomotives

Photo	Class	№	Year Built	Country of origin	Builder
	Кч4	228	1950	Czechoslovakia	Škoda
	Су	250-94	1924	USSR	Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
	9П	649	1936	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
	Ов	1534	1914	Russian Empire	Kolomna Locomotive Works
	Еа	2371	1944	United States	Baldwin Locomotive Works
	Эм	732-35	1931	USSR	Malyshev Factory
	ЭР	772-89	1936	Czechoslovakia	ЧКД
	СОм17	1-2657	1934	USSR	Malyshev Factory
	ЭУ	705-74	1930	USSR	JSC Michurinsky Locomotive Plant Milorem
	ФД20	2849	1932	USSR
	ЛВ	0487	1956	USSR	Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
	П36	0250	1946	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
	ТЭ52	5200	1943	Nazi Germany	Fablok

Diesel Locomotives

Photo	Class	№	Year Built	Country of origin	Builder
	ТГК2	2245	1962	USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
	ТГМ23В	1654	1956	USSR
	ТГМ1	1681	1966	USSR
	ТГМ3	1156	1956	USSR	Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant
	Да	31	1945	United States	ALCO
	ТЭ2	025	1951	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
	ЧМЭ3	4115	1964	Czechoslovakia	ЧКД
	2ТЭ10В	3928	1975	USSR	Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
	ТЭМ2	2558	1962	USSR	Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
	2ТЭ10Л	254	1962	USSR	Voroshilovgrad Locomotive works
	ТЭ3	(102—104) 61-06	1953	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
	ТЭП60	105-108 1081—2090	1961	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
	ТЭП70	70-0008-1774	1973	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
	ТЭП10 «Стрела»	10-126	1964	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
	ТЭ1	20-068	1947	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
	ТУ7	3143		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
	ТУ	0544		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
	ТУ 7а	3142		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
	ТУ 2	064		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works

Electric Locomotives

Photo	Class	№	Year Built	Country of origin	Builder
	ВЛ22м	374	1950	USSR	Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
	ВЛ60К	157	1956	USSR	Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
	ЭР2	1270	1981	USSR	Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca

Maintenance-of-Way Equipment

Photo	Class	№	Year Built	Country of origin	Builder
	Автодрезина АГВ	211	1971	USSR	Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
	Автодрезина ДГку	134	1975	USSR	Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
	Автодрезина АГму	5887	1959	USSR	Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
	Автомотриса АС1а	2134	1964	USSR	Velikiy Lukomotiv Locomotive Plant
	Грейферный кран МК	6	1930	USSR	Lviv Locomotive Repair Plant
	Прицеп УП-2	2989	1972
	Рельсосварочная машина	РСМ3	1974
	Путестроительный кран	ДЖ-45	1937	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
	Выправочно-подбивоотделочная ВПО	3000	1962
	Шпалопобивочная машина	001	1961	USSR	Kirov Machine Works
	Снегоочиститель	СДП-216	1949
	Двухосный вагон	САЗ 5000	1946
	Платформа грузовая (думпкар)	ЦНИИ 959738	1959

Passenger Equipment

Photo	Class	№	Year Built	Country of origin	Builder
	Двухпалубный вагон с куполом обзора	САЗ 4000	1965	USSR	CJSC VAGONMASH
	Межобластной вагон		1976	Polish People's Republic	Завод Цегельского город Познань

References

1. ТАШКЕНТСКИЙ МУЗЕЙ ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНОЙ ТЕХНИКИ Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 29.03.2016
2. From the article about the museum in Uzbek checked 29.03.2016

External links

• Information about the museum in Uzbek
• Information about the museum in Uzbek
• Article about the museum in English
• Article about the museum in Uzbek