10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TU6-0053 front: Сергей Болашенко· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Тепловоз ТУ-6А узкоколейной железной дороги с вагонами: AlexOct at Russian Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. TU6SPA: ТД. КМЗ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. TU6D: Leg29· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. TU6-0053 back: Сергей Болашенко· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Bukovec Carpathian Tram: Jan Pešula· CC0
- 7. Bukovec narrow gauge bridge: Jan Pešula· CC0
- 8. Bukovec narrow gauge bridge2: Jan Pešula· CC0
- 9. Bukovec narrow gauge bridge3: Jan Pešula· CC0
- 10. Carpathian Tram meeting: Jan Pešula· CC0
what is it?
TU6 (ТУ6) is a Soviet narrow gauge diesel locomotive for the track gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1973–1988
- number built
- 3,915
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Kambarka Engineering Works, Istye mechanical engineering factory
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 95 kW
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 8.5 m
- weight
- 14 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4449085, Wikipedia: TU6 diesel locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.