Russian

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, Fuel oil, oil or, rarely, Wood fuel, wood) to heat ...

U-127 is a 4-6-0 locomotive of type

Russian locomotive class U The Russian locomotive class U (Russian: У) was a Russian express passenger steam locomotive type. The class U was a 4-6-0 four-cylinder compound locomotive which used de Glehn compound system. One unit, Locomotive U-127 was preserved as par ...

, preserved at the

Museum of the Moscow Railway The Museum of the Moscow Railway () is situated next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. The museum reopened to private visitors in 2011 and it reopened to the general public in January 2012. It's the object of cultural heritage of Russia. ...

next to

Paveletsky Rail Terminal Moscow Paveletsky station () is one of Moscow's ten main railway stations. Originally called Saratovsky Railway Station, it was renamed after the settlement of Pavelets, when the railroad heading southeast from Moscow reached that point in 1899 ...

in Moscow. The locomotive was the first Russian steam locomotive preserved.

Background and history

The

was a four-cylinder de Glehn

compound locomotive A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound steam engine, compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages. The locomotive was only one application of compounding. Two and three ...

, which first appeared in 1906. 62 class Us were built between 1906 and 1916 at the Putilov factory (later the

Kirov Plant The Kirov Plant, Kirov factory or Leningrad Kirov plant (LKZ) () is a major Russian mechanical engineering and agricultural machinery manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was established in 1789, then moved to its present site in 1801 ...

. By the beginning of 1940 the inventory still listed 47 class U locomotives. The last locomotives were withdrawn in 1952. U-127 is famous for being

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

's locomotive, hence its preservation. It was used to bring his body back to Moscow for his funeral. For this reason it has escaped the ravages of time and, much like Lenin himself, it was preserved in perfect condition. It has not moved since 1948. U-127 was the Soviet Union's first and, until the 1980s, only preserved Russian locomotive. The only other preserved locomotive was Hk1 293 at

Finland Station St Petersburg–Finlyandsky (), also known as Finland Station () , is a railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, handling transport to westerly destinations including Helsinki and Vyborg. The station is most famous for having been the lo ...

in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, which brought Lenin back from exile. However, Hk1 293 was built by

Richmond Locomotive Works Richmond Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing firm located in Richmond, Virginia. It began operation in 1887, and produced upward of 4,500 engines during its 40 years of operation. The Richmond Locomotive Works was the largest and ...

in the USA for the

Finnish State Railways VR-Group Plc (, ), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 commuter rail services every day. With ...

, and thus technically not a Russian locomotive. U-127 was built in 1910 with builder's number 1960, and was destined for the Tashkent railway.

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{{commons category, Russian locomotive У 127
Lenin's Funeral Train Photographs
Monuments and memorials to Vladimir Lenin Preserved steam locomotives Steam locomotives of the Soviet Union De Glehn compound locomotives

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