The Soviet locomotive class IS (russian: ИС; ) was a

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passenger steam locomotive type named after

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(russian: Иосиф Сталин; ). The contract design was prepared in 1929 at V.V. Kuybyshev Locomotive Factory in

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, Russian SFSR. The IS series locomotives were manufactured between 1932 and 1942. The last one was built in 1942 during the

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against

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Overview

The locomotive used the same cylinders and boilers as the FD series locomotives. However the IS steam locomotive had a

2-8-4 Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, thou ...

wheel arrangement.

Construction

The first steam locomotive was released from the Kolomna factory on October 4, 1932. In April–December a steam locomotive was tested on the October, Southern, and Ekaterinenskaya railways. In 1936, production began at October Revolution Locomotive Factory in Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR (

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, Ukraine). In total, 649 IS steam locomotives were constructed. Later the series was renamed FD^P (steam locomotive FD, passenger modification).

Use

These locomotives were used until 1972.

Gallery

File:IS old 20-1.jpg, IS20-1 in 1932 File:IS sozdateli.jpg, IS20-1 in 1932 File:Parovoz IS20-08.jpg, IS20-08 in 1936 File:IS Paris.jpg, Russian locomotive class IS exhibited in Paris in 1937 File:Parovoz IS.PNG File:Паровоз ФД памятник.JPG, The only preserved IS plinthed IS20-578 in

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References

External links

The Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky Rail Terminal
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