TEP70

The TEP70 main line single unit diesel passenger locomotive, rated at 2,964 kW (3,975 hp), with AC/DC transmission and individual axle traction control, is a railway engine designed to haul passenger trains on the Russian gauge railway network of eastern Europe. The TEP70 is currently in service in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Kazakhstan.

TEP70
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Kolomna Locomotive Works
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Co′Co′ Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ^27⁄32 in) Russian gauge Loco weight 135 t (132.87 long tons; 148.81 short tons)
Performance figures Maximum speed 160 km/h (99 mph) Power output 2,964 kW (3,975 hp)
Career First run 1973

The TEP70 diesel locomotive has been used as the basis of two other sub classes, the TEP70BS and the TEP70U.[1]

The TEP70 also shares a number of components with the 2TE70 two-unit freight locomotive.

Operators

• RŽD Russia
• Belarusian Railways
• Ukrainian Railways
• Lithuanian Railways
• Latvian Railways
• GO Rail (Estonian operator)
• Kazakhstan Railways

Gallery

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  TEP70-0007 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg
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  TEP70-0007 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, logo of the Moscow Olympic Games
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  TEP70-0007 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg
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  TEP70-0007 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg
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  TEP70-0007 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg
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  TEP70-0007 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg
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  TEP70-0007 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg

See also

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

References

1. "TEP70 Passenger Diesel Locomotive". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2011-08-14.