Russian series О
| SŽD series О | |
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 Class O museum locomotive
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| Number: | over 9000 |
| Year of construction (s): | 1890-1915; 1925-1928 |
| Retirement: | 1964 |
| Axis formula : | D. |
| Gauge : | 1524 or 1435 mm |
The locomotives of the О series of the Railways of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Railways (SŽD) were steam locomotives with a track width of 1524 and 1435 mm.
history
Locomotives of this type have been in production since 1890. The original design came from Wacław Łopuszyński , the mechanical engineering manager of the private Vladikawkas Railway Company . Production ceased in 1915, but resumed from 1925 to 1928. A total of over 9,000 locomotives of this type were produced. This makes the locomotive series the most successful series produced before the October Revolution . Steam locomotives of the type "О" were used until 1964; since then they can only be seen in museums and exhibitions.
The steam locomotives of the "О" series were used, among other things, in armored trains and were used in both the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War .
photos
Production of the O series in 1903
Class O at a railway exhibition in 1900
Railway workers pose on an O series locomotive
Illustration on a Ukrainian postage stamp from 2005
literature
- В. А. Раков: Паровозы серии О. Локомотивы отечественных железных дорог 1845–1955. Транспорт, Москва 1995, ISBN 5-277-00821-7 , С. 140-153.
- НКПС Руководство паровозному машинисту. Государственное транспортное железнодорожное издательство, Москва 1944.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ jury Leonid Koffman: Lopuschinsky's 23,000 locomotives . in: Lok-Magazin 93, November / December 1978, pp. 428–436.