The TE5 (
Cyrillic script
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: ТÐ5) is a
Soviet
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experimental
diesel-electric locomotive. In 1948 the
Malyshev Factory
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in
Kharkiv
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Soviet Ukraine
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) released two (unconfirmed reports say five) of these locomotives, which were developed from the
TE1 (ТÐ1).
[Rakov (1995), p. 377.] They were designed to work in the harsh climate of the northern regions of the country.
Overview
The
diesel generator set on the TE5 is not enclosed in a
hood. Instead, it is placed in a
car body and a boiler is provided for heating the cab and the machine room. The TE5 is designed to run
short hood
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forward. The other structures, and thus the traction characteristics, are no different from the TE1.
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Service
Two TE5 (according to some information, five) were built within the TE1 series, numbers 031 and 032.[ Initially, the TE5 locomotives worked in the ]Moscow
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passenger depot of the Moscow-Kursk
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Kursk ...
railway. They were later in 1949 sent to the depot of the Northern Railway for testing. The TE5 did not go into series production because of the advent of the more modern TE2 (ТÐ2) locomotive.
Preservation
TE5-20-032 is preserved at the railway museum in Saint Petersburg
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.
References
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Railway locomotives introduced in 1948
TE5
5 ft gauge locomotives
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