The Kolomna Locomotive Works (Kolomensky Zavod) is a major producer of railroad locomotives as well as locomotive and marine diesel engines in Russia. The plant started production in 1869 with a freight steam locomotive, one of the first in Russia. In the Czarist period before the Russian Revolution, Kolomna was one of a very few producers in Russia. During this period 139 types of steam locomotives were designed. The company is now (2015) a part of

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Overview

The main activities of the company are: design, manufacturing and service of

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s (medium-speed diesel engines and diesel generators for diesel locomotives, power plants, heavy trucks, ships), mainline locomotives (passenger and freight), DC passenger

electric locomotive An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or g ...

s. The Kolomna plant is the only Russian producer of passenger locomotives, the creator of the first domestic examples of the main high-speed passenger EP200 AC locomotives, passenger DC electric EP2K, freight locomotives 2TE70.

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passenger locomotives (along with modifications and TEP70 TEP70BS) provide much of the passenger traffic on non-electrified sections of the railways of Russia and

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countries. The Kolomna plant is the largest Russian supplier of medium speed engines with an output from 450-5000 kW

History

The factory was founded in 1863 at

Kolomna Kolomna ( rus, Колóмна, p=kɐˈlomnə) is a historical city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Population: History Mentioned for the first time in 1177, Ko ...

by military engineer Amand Struve under the name Mechanical Engineering and Foundry Plant Struve Brothers. It was the first production plant for steel bridge structures for railways. In the second half of the 19th century, the plant began to build locomotives, cars, riverboats and

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s. In 1866 his brother Gustav joined the management, and the company name was changed to Plant Engineers Struve Brothers. In 1871 the company name was changed to Kolomna Machine-Building Plant. In 1935 the plant was named V.V. Kuybyshev Locomotive Factory. The plant in Kolomna built the first Russian three-axle locomotive T-Series (1870), the world's first ship with a

"the Kolomna Diesel" (1907) and the first production Soviet diesel locomotive E el. In the first years of Soviet power the plant manufactured (in small quantities) locomotives, wagons, streetcars and

s. In 1931 the plant began to produce diesel locomotives and in 1932, in conjunction with the plant "Dinamo",

s of the VL19 series. Prior to

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(1941 - 1945), the plant produced steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, diesel engines,

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s for subways,

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s, tenders and condensers for steam locomotives. During the war, the plant provided for the needs of the front. It repaired

tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engi ...

s, built

armoured train An armoured train is a railway train protected with armour. Armoured trains usually include railway wagons armed with artillery, machine guns and autocannons. Some also had slits used to fire small arms from the inside of the train, a facili ...

s and manufactured ammunition. In 1943 the plant resumed production of steam locomotives and diesel engines. In November 1953 the plant produced its ten thousandth locomotive. In 1956 the factory began serial production of diesel locomotives and diesel engines for locomotives, ships, submarines and diesel power plants. Passenger locomotives TEP60 and

began to perform the lion's share of passenger traffic on non-electrified lines in

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and

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. At the end of 1934 Kolomna Locomotive Works laid down three submarines of the Shchuka class under the numbers ''313'', ''314'' and ''315''. These were completed in the spring of 1937 and towed to the "Red Sormovo" factory in

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(presumably along the Oka River).

Honours

The plant was awarded the

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

(1939),

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

(1945) and

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

(1971).

Timeline

* Steam Locomotive T-Series (1870-1915), freight and passenger steam locomotives for Russian and Soviet railways with

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s 0-6-0, 2-6-0 and 0-6-2 * E el (1932-1941), the serial diesel-electric freight locomotive with

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. Electrical equipment by

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* VL19 (1932-1938), main freight DC

. This was the first and (until March 1953) the only serial electric locomotive design which was created in the Soviet Union *

TE3 The ТE3 (Russian: ''ТЭ3''; ) is a Soviet diesel-electric locomotive, built in Russia and Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which i ...

(1956-1973), twelve-axle (type 2 (30-30)) freight locomotive of 2 × 2000 hp. In the 1960s this was the major driving force for non-electrified railways, replacing steam locomotives * TEP60 (1960-1985), passenger diesel locomotive. *

(1973-2006), passenger diesel locomotive. * TEP70BS (2006-current), modernized version of the TEP70 * EP200 (1996), experimental high-speed AC electric locomotive. Two examples released in 1996. Maximum speed of 200 km / h. * TEP80 (1988-1989), experimental passenger diesel locomotive. Two locomotives in this series were built Locomotive TEP80-0002 set a world record for locomotive speed. The record is 271 km / h (1993). The locomotive, with a commemorative inscription, is now in the museum at

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, St. Petersburg. The second locomotive, also with a commemorative inscription, is located in Novosibirsk museum of railway equipment. The record was set by driver Mankiewicz Alexander on October 5, 1993, but is not listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and is declared by the manufacturer. * 2TE70 (2004-2010), a freight diesel locomotive with two six-axle sections. This is derived from passenger locomotives TEP70 and TEP70BS and is designed to haul freight trains weighing up to 6,000 tons.

Production

* D41 D43 D47 * D200 * D42 * D300 * 10D49 V16 , 16D49 V16 * 20SD500 V20 10000 hp * D500 16SD500 V16 , V12 for locomotives * MTU Fhaven (Tognum TMH)

Gallery

File:Russian loc T series type 132.jpg, Russian steam locomotive T series, type 132 by Kolomna Works File:WL19-01.jpg, Electric locomotive class VL19 File:TE3-2068 flickr.jpg, Diesel locomotive class

File:DieselLoco tep60-1000.jpg, Diesel locomotive TEP-60 in passenger train depot Petersburg Mosc File:TEP70-0417.jpg, Diesel locomotive class

File:ТЭП70БС.JPG, Russian diesel locomotive TEP70BS (ТЭП70БС) on Komsomolsk-on-Amur station File:Тепловоз ТЭП80 002 (4).jpg, Diesel locomotive class TEP80

References

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