TE10 (russian: ТЭ10) is a Soviet diesel-electric locomotive. The name of this locomotive (ТЭ10) is from ''тепловоз с электрической передачей, тип 10'', which translates to "diesel-electric locomotive type 10."

History

In 1957–1961, the Kharkiv plant "Electrotyazhmash" and

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designed a new single-unit locomotive with 50% more power than a single

TE3 The ТE3 (Russian: ''ТЭ3''; ) is a Soviet diesel-electric locomotive, built in Russia and Ukraine to 1520 mm gauge. It is a two-unit Co’Co’+Co’Co’ machine. Total diesel power is . They were built from 1953 to 1973. Powertrain The TE3 ...

unit and only a slightly greater mass. The result was the TEP10 and TEP10L designs. After 1961, work on the freight version of the design was assigned to the

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works. These designs received the suffix "L" to the name to signify the transfer. The first locomotive of the new design, designated TE10-001 (Kharkiv), was released in November 1958. Only small numbers of the TEP variant were produced before the design became a dedicated freight locomotive, while a passenger version was not further developed.

Engines

Initial prototypes used the 12-cylinder

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opposed piston An opposed-piston engine is a piston engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends, and no cylinder head. Petrol and diesel opposed-piston engines have been used mostly in large-scale applications such as ships, military tanks, and ...

two-stroke diesel engine A two-stroke diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses compression ignition, with a two-stroke combustion cycle. It was invented by Hugo Güldner in 1899.Mau (1984) p.7 In compression ignition, air is first compressed and heated; ...

to achieve the required power levels. This was based on the Kharkiv 10-cylinder 2D100 two-stroke diesel unit. However problems were encountered and another variant of the 2D100 was used, the

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, another 10 cylinder two-stroke diesel design. All derivatives of the TE10 locomotive built as new used this engine.

Body

One of the innovations in Soviet locomotive factories was semi-

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construction - the principle of whole body supporting structure (what the US would call a carbody structure). This had previously been used only by the

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electric locomotives 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 gas t ...

and the Riga ER1 electric train. The body of the locomotive was based on two three-axle

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like the TE3 predecessor. With much less weight than the two-unit locomotive TE3, a single TE10 diesel locomotive could successfully replace a pair of TE3s.

Derivative designs

This single unit design formed the basis for a family of locomotives that was built for over 30 years and ranged from single unit passenger locomotives TEP10 through two and three unit freight locomotives

2TE10 TE1, TE-1 or TE.1 may refer to: Aircraft * Albert TE.1, a French sport aircraft * Eklund TE-1, a Finnish sport aircraft * Temco TE-1 Buckaroo, an American military trainer aircraft Other uses * TE1, a Soviet copy of the American locomotive AL ...

3TE10 to four unit very heavy freight 4TE10U engines.Soviet Locomotive Types - A J Heywood & I D C Button 1995

References

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History

Engines

Body

Derivative designs

See also

References