Steam in the Soviet Union. «The Glasnost Express» Soviet State Railways (SZD) P36-064 4-8-4 (Kolomna of 1955), at Brest, on the border with Poland (12 July 1989).
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The P36, a semi-streamlined passenger steam locomotive, of which 251 were built between 1954 and 1956. Built at Kolomenski Teplovozostroitel'nyl Zavod meni V V Kuibysheva, Kolomna, the P36 was the jewel in the crown for SZD steam power. Whilst at the time (1989), it was known that some still existed, this was the first time that SZD had organised a steam special, aimed at western enthusiasts.
Автор публикации: Wrecksandrelics Steam in the USSR. «The Glasnost Express» Soviet State Railways (SZD) P36-064 4-8-4 (Kolomna of 1955), on route from Brest to Kovel (12 July 1989).
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The P36, a semi-streamlined passenger steam locomotive, of which 251 were built between 1954 and 1956. Built at Kolomenski Teplovozostroitel'nyl Zavod meni V V Kuibysheva, Kolomna, the P36 was the jewel in the crown for SZD steam power. Whilst at the time (1989), it was known that some still existed, this was the first time that SZD had organised a steam special aimed at western enthusiasts.
Автор публикации: Wrecksandrelics Steam in the USSR. «The Glasnost Express», Soviet State Railways (SZD) Er Class 770-17 0-10-0, prepares to depart from Lvov Station, bound for Przemysl, in Poland, the limit of the Soviet 1520 mm gauge (13 July 1989).
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Popularly known as the Erka, the Er (rekonstruirovanny = redesigned) Class 0-10-0, was a more powerful, and economic development, of the Em Class. Some 270 new locomotives duly followed, together with rebuilds of Eu and Em. New construction was stopped in 1936, but after WW2, some 2650 + were built by East European factories, many as war reparations. Er 770-17 was still in use by SZD, and is thought to have been built by CKD, Prague, in the late 1940's (confirmation of this/works number would be appreciated, there is a works plate on thedome, were you on it, did you note the details).
Автор публикации: Wrecksandrelics Steam in the former USSR. Ex-Soviet State Railways (SZD) SO17 Class 4371 2-10-0, built 1949 at Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), pauses at Novohrad-Volynskyi, in the Ukraine. on the 26th November 1995.
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The SO (Sergei Ordzhonikidze), named after the Politburo member, and nicknamed Sergo, was designed for freight duties, with the prototype being built in 1934. SO17-4371, was part of the Dzherelo fleet, and was used on charter trains, for a number of years.
Автор публикации: Wrecksandrelics Ex-Soviet State Railways (SZD Su Class 251-86 2-6-2 (Sormovskii of 1941) and L-5141 2-10-0 (Lugansk of 1955), with a Dzherelo charter train, at Vigov Station, in the Ukraine (25 February 1992).
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Based on a design from 1925, about 3,750 Su Class steam locomotives were built for passenger duties, with production continuing until 1951. Ex-Soviet State Railways (SZD) Su 251-86 2-6-2 was built by Sormovskii Mashinostroitel'nyi Zavod, Gor'kii of 1949.
L Class 2-10-0. About 4,200 of this class of steam locomotive were built between 1945 and 1955. Originally allocated 'P' Class for Pobyeda = Victory, they were reclassified 'L', after their chief designer L.C.Lebedyanski. By all accounts, they were a very successful design, with an axle load of 18 tonnes, which was ideal, because much of Russia's track had, not surprisingly, deterioated during WW2. Lighter in weight, but more powerful than the Er and SO predecessors, the new design proved itself more flexible, and was adopted as the standard main line post war freight locomotive. A new feature of the design, was boxpok type wheels, which became standard on all subsequent Soviet designs. L-5141 was part of the Dzherelo fleet of steam locomotives, and was built by Luganskii Teplovozostroitel'nyl Zavod imeni Oktyabr'skoi Revolyutsii in Lugansk, Ukraine as their #15973 of 1955. Both steam locomotives, coupled tender to tender, pause at Vigov Station, with a 3-coach charter from Korosten to Shepetovka, on 25th February 1992.
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С уважением, Евгений.
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