TEP80

TEP80

Type and origin Power type Diesel Builder Kolomensky Zavod Serial number TEP 80 0001 - 0002 Build date 1988-1989 Total produced 2

Specifications AAR wheel arr B+B-B+B Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge Axle load 22.5 t (22.1 long tons; 24.8 short tons) Loco weight 180.0 t (177.2 long tons; 198.4 short tons) Prime mover 1D49 (of 6,000 hp or 4,500 kW) Engine type (?) Generator GS-519U2 ГС-519У2 Traction motors ED-121VUHL1 (8 of) ЭД-121ВУХЛ1

Performance figures Maximum speed 160 km/h (99 mph) claimed record speed : 271 km/h (168 mph) Power output 4,400 hp (3,300 kW) Tractive effort 240 kN (54,000 lbf) @ 50 km/h (31 mph)

Career Disposition TEP80-0002 exhibit at October Railway museum, Saint Petersburg

TEP80 (ТЭП80) is a Soviet diesel locomotive produced in 1988-1989. Only two locomotives of this model were built.

History and design

The principal designer was V. Khlebnikov; the locomotive utilised an 8-axle articulated design within a single locomotive body, two sets of main bogies each of four axles articulated in a Bo-Bo arrangement.

Unit TEP80-0002 claims to hold the world speed record for a diesel railed vehicle having reached 271 km/h (168 mph) on 5 October 1993. In 2007 the machine was transferred from the Russian Railway research institute (VNIIZHT) to the October railway museum (Музей Октябрьской железной дороги) in Saint Petersburg.

See also

• History of rail transport in Russia