LM-57
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 Museum railcar LM-57 No. 5148 in Saint Petersburg
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| Number: | 1010 |
| Manufacturer: | WARS ( Russian ВАРЗ ) |
| Year of construction (s): | 1961-1969 |
| Retirement: | 1979-1986 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo ' |
| Gauge : | 1,524 mm |
| Length over buffers: | 15,500 |
| Length: | 15,000 mm |
| Height: | 3,045 mm |
| Width: | 2,550 mm |
| Trunnion Distance: | 7,500 mm |
| Bogie axle base: | 1,940 mm |
| Empty mass: | 18.5 t |
| Top speed: | 65 km / h |
| Hourly output : | 220 kW |
| Wheel diameter: | 700 mm |
| Motor type: | DK-255 or DK-257 |
| Power system : | 600 V DC |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line, scissor pantograph |
| Number of traction motors: | 4th |
| Brake: | Resistance brake, rail brake, direct-acting compressed air brake, hand brake |
| Control: | Direct control |
| Operating mode: | Unidirectional locomotive |
| Seats: | 34 |
| Standing room: | 170 (8 passengers per m²) |
LM-57 ( Russian ЛМ-57 ) is the name of a tram vehicle built by the Wagonoremontny Sawod in Leningrad (WARS, today Peterburgski Tramwajno-Mechanitscheski Sawod, Saint Petersburg , Russia ) . The abbreviation LM means L eningradski M otorny ( Russian Ленинградский Моторный , German Leningrad railcars), the number 57 corresponds to the development of 1957. All of the cars of this type were way vehicles and perverse only on lines with turning loops or triangles to the path statements.
construction
From a technical point of view, the LM-57 was a transitional design from old cars to the more modern PCC- like trams. It has two identical frameless bogies with only a single suspension stage as authentic PCC cars, but unlike them, it was equipped with the old direct control instead of an accelerator. This constructive solution made driving in traction in the standard version impossible. The LM-57 did not have a sidecar variant either, so it could only be operated as a solo multiple unit.
commitment
WARS manufactured the LM-57 prototype in 1957, after the production and reworking of the small pilot series in 1958–1960, series production of the vehicle began in 1961. Overall, the WARS built 1038 LM-57 from 1957 to 1969. Then this car was replaced in series production by the more modern LM-68 four-axle vehicle that could drive in traction. The LM-57 trams ran in Leningrad, Kiev , Tashkent , Gorky , Arkhangelsk , Kazan , Saratov , Magnitogorsk and Nizhny Tagil from 1957 to 1986. Due to its streamlined shape and many chrome-plated parts, the LM-57 was given the unofficial nickname "Stiljaga" ( Russian Стиляга , the dandy).
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the management of the Soviet transport company took the vehicles out of service as obsolete. The discarded wagons were almost all scrapped; only two LM-57s have been preserved as museum exhibits to this day. The roadworthy LM-57 is exhibited in the St. Petersburg Tram Museum, the other vehicle is a standstill exhibit in the Electric Transport Museum in Nizhny Novgorod.
Additional information
literature
- А. Шанин ЛМ-57 . - Альманах "Железнодорожное дело", 2000, №9.
(Russian and in Cyrillic script; German roughly: A. Schanin: Der LM-57 . In: Almanach Schelesnodoroschnoje delo (Eng. "Railway system"), 2000, No. 9)
Web links
- Page “Trams in Saint Petersburg” to the LM-57
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Page "Tram Nizhny Novgorod" on LM-57 ( Memento from July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
- History of the LM-57 (A. Schanin's article The LM-57 ) ( Memento from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Photos ( Memento from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Technical data ( Memento from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Parts and devices ( Memento from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- "Russian Tram Vehicles" page for the LM-57 (Russian)
- "Retro tram - The Petersburg Classic" page on the LM-57 (Russian)
