Russian locomotive class Ye

what is it?

The Russian locomotive class Ye, and subclasses Yea, Yek, Yel, Yef, Yem, Yemv and Yes (Russian: Паровоз Е; Еа, Ек, Ел, Еф, Ем, Емв and Ес) were a series of 2-10-0 "Decapod" type steam locomotives built by American builders for the Russian railways in World War I and again in World War II. They were lightweight engines with relatively low axle loadings. Due to the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, 200 locomotives were stranded in the United States so these were fitted with wider tires: locomotive driving wheels had steel tires which were heated to expand them, then driven over the wheels so that they shrank into place. By fitting wider tires with a deeper tread width, the effective wheel gauge could be decreased from the Russian standard of 5 ft (1,524 mm) to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (the US standard) to fit the American gauge, and could then be sent to various railroads.

who runs it

VR GroupRERussian Empire

base stats

• speed 88 km/htop speed
• weight 94.2 tin working order
• built 3,193made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 111 years ago, in 1915.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏22 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1915–1947

status

preserved

number built

3,193

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Baldwin Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company, Canadian Locomotive Company

operators

VR Group, Russian Empire

top speed

88 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,524 mm Russian broad gauge

wheel arrangement

2-10-0

length

22 m

weight

94.2 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.