TEP80

TEP80
Power type	Diesel
Builder	Kolomensky Zavod
Serial number	TEP 80 0001 - 0002
Build date	1988-1989
Total produced	2
AAR wheel arr.	B+B-B+B
Gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in)
Axle load	22.5 t (22.1 long tons; 24.8 short tons)
Locomotive weight	180.0 t (177.2 long tons; 198.4 short tons)
Engine type	1D49 (of 6,000 hp (4,500 kW))
Generator	GS-519U2 ГС-519У2
Traction motors	ED-121VUHL1 (8 of) ЭД-121ВУХЛ1
Top speed	160 km/h (99 mph) record speed : 271 km/h (168 mph)
Power output	4,400 hp (3,300 kW)
Tractive effort	240 kN (54,000 lbf) @ 50 km/h (31 mph)
Disposition	TEP80-0002 at Museum of Railway Machinery, former Varshavsky Rail Terminal, Saint Petersburg

TEP80 is a Soviet diesel locomotive produced in 1988-1989. Only two locomotives of this model were built. The second of which TEP80-0002 lays claim to the world speed record for a diesel railed vehicle having reached 271 km/h on 5 October 1993. The record breaking locomotive is now situated in the Museum of Railway Machinery, former Varshavsky Rail Terminal, Saint Petersburg.

Inscription on the body of TEP80-0002 says: 271 km/h speed record for diesel locomotives was achieved

Design

The principal designer was V. Khlebnikov; the locomotive utilised an 8-axle articulated design within a single locomotive body, two sets of main bogies each of four axles articulated in a Bo-Bo arrangement.

See also

• History of rail transport in Russia

External links

Media related to TEP80 at Wikimedia Commons

• TEP80 breaking the record Video on YouTube