Soviet locomotive class IS

Soviet locomotive class ИС
Steam locomotive IS20-16 with streamline casing at the Voroshilovgrad factory in 1937. It was the Soviet steam locomotive-champion with maximum speed of 180 km/h (110 mph).
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder October Revolution Locomotive Factory (Voroshilovgrad) Total produced 649
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-4 Gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft) Leading dia. 1,050 mm (41.34 in) Driver dia. 1,850 mm (72.83 in) Trailing dia. 1,050 mm (41.34 in) Adhesive weight 88 tonnes (87 long tons; 97 short tons) Loco weight 133 tonnes (131 long tons; 147 short tons) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 7.04 m2 (75.8 sq ft) Boiler pressure 15 kgf/cm2 (1.47 MPa; 213 psi) Heating surface 295.2 m2 (3,178 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 148.4 m2 (1,597 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 670 mm × 770 mm (26.38 in × 30.31 in)
Performance figures Maximum speed 115 km/h (71 mph) Tractive effort 233.5 kN (52,490 lbf)

The Soviet locomotive class IS (Russian: ИС) was a Soviet passenger steam locomotive type named after Joseph Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Сталин). The contract design was prepared in 1929 at the V.V. Kuybyshev Locomotive Factory in Kolomna. The IS series locomotives were manufactured between 1932 and 1942.

Overview

The locomotive used the same cylinders and boilers as the FD series locomotives. However the IS steam locomotive had a 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.

Construction

The first steam locomotive was released from the Kolomna factory on October 4, 1932. In April–December a steam locomotive was tested on the October, Southern, and Ekaterinenskaya railways.

In 1936, production began at the October Revolution Locomotive Factory in Voroshilovgrad. In total, 649 IS steam locomotives were constructed. Later the series was renamed FDP (steam locomotive FD, passenger modification).

Use

These locomotives were used until 1972.

Gallery

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  IS20-1 in 1932
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  IS20-1 in 1932
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  IS20-08 in 1936
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  Russian locomotive class IS exhibited in Paris in 1937
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  The only preserved IS plinthed IS20-578 in Kiev

See also

• The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
• Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation
• Finland Station, St.Petersburg
• History of rail transport in Russia

Books

• Главное управление локомотивного хозяйства МПС (1956). Справочник по локомотивам железных дорог СССР (in Russian). Трансжелдориздат.
• Сыромятникова, С.П., ed. (1937). Курс паровозов. Устройство и работа паровозов и техника их ремонта (in Russian). Трансжелдориздат (State Publishing House).

External links

• The Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky Rail Terminal
• Report on a visit to the Varshavsky Rail Terminal