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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 RŽD.

Variants are still being sold by Transmash; Ulanbataar Railway placed an order for 35 in October 2010.

The 2TE25 is a successor.

Gallery

• 2TE116-1155
• 2TE116-1737

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. "Railway Gazette: Transmash: Family of designs continues to evolve". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-11-02.

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