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TEM1
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Bryansk Machine-Building Plant· from 1958· soviet diesel-electric locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive ---1-1751-4975: ShinePhantom· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Old Diesel Locomotive Series TEM-1 - 35595040181: Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D.· CC0
- 3. TEM1-0532 2015-07 Shuvalovo 1436100479: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 4. TEM1-0532 2015-07 Shuvalovo 1436100496: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 5. TEM1-0532 2015-07 Shuvalovo 1436100500: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 6. TEM1-0532 2015-07 Shuvalovo 1436100506: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 7. TEM1-0532 2015-07 Shuvalovo 1436100510: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 8. TEM1-0532 2015-07 Shuvalovo 1436100514: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 9. TEM1-0001 (2): Лебедевский· CC BY 4.0
- 10. TEM1-0001: Дмитрий Закутный· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
TEM1 (Russian: ТЭМ1) was a Soviet diesel-electric locomotive, produced between 1958 and 1968 at the Bryansk Machinery Plant (BMZ).
base stats
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1968
- number built
- —
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 746 kW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 17 m
- weight
- 120 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4449113, Wikipedia: TEM1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.