TE10

TE10 (ТЭ10)

2TE10M-2849
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Luhanskteplovoz and Malyshev Factory
Build date

2ТЭ10 (ТЭ12) 1960—1963
2ТЭ10Л 1961—1977
2ТЭ10В 1975—1981
2ТЭ10М 1981—present
2ТЭ10МК 1981
2ТЭ10Г 1988
2ТЭ10С 1988
2ТЭ10У 1989—present


2ТЭ10УТ 1989—1997
2ТЭ10УП 1991
Total produced

2ТЭ10 (ТЭ12) 19
2ТЭ10Л 3192
2ТЭ10В 1898
2ТЭ10М 2444
2ТЭ10МК 20


2ТЭ10Г 2
2ТЭ10С 3
2ТЭ10У 549—555
2ТЭ10УТ 99
2ТЭ10УП 1-2
Specifications
AAR wheel arr. C-C
UIC class Co-Co
Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Fuel type Diesel
Fuel capacity TE10-001 -> 5,500 kg (12,100 lb)
Prime mover Kharkiv 10D100
Engine type Two-stroke diesel
Performance figures
Maximum speed 2ТЭ10Л, 2ТЭ10М 100 km/h (62 mph)
2ТЭ10У 120 km/h (75 mph)
Power output 1,830 kW (2,450 hp) - 2,040 kW (2,740 hp)
based on modifications
Career
Nicknames Chervontsi, Nautilus, Tens
Locale USSR Russia Ukraine Belarus Latvia

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

History

In 1957–1961, the Kharkov plant "Electrotyazhmash" and Malyshev Factory designed a new single-unit locomotive with 50% more power than a single 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 Lugansk works. These designs received the suffix "L" to the name to signify the transfer.

The first locomotive of the new design, designated TE10-001 (Kharkov), was released in November 1958.

Only small numbers of the TEP variant of the design 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 9D100 opposed piston two-stroke diesel engine to achieve the required power levels.

This was based on the Kharkov 10 cylinder 2D100 two-stroke diesel unit. However problems were encountered and another variant of the 2D100 was used, the 10D100, another 10 cylinder two-stroke diesel design. All derivatives of the TE10 locomotive built as new used this engine.[1]

Body

One of the innovations in Soviet locomotive factories was semi-monocoque construction - the principle of whole body supporting structure (what the US would call a carbody structure). This had previously been used only by the Czechoslovakian CHS1 electric locomotives and the Riga ER1 electric train. The body of the locomotive was based on two three-axle trucks 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 3TE10 to four unit very heavy freight 4TE10U engines.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Soviet Railways Today - J H Westwood 1963
  2. ↑ Soviet Locomotive Types - A J Heywood & I D C Button 1995
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