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Russian locomotive class U
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Kirov Plant· from 1906· Russian 4-6-0 steam locomotive class, built 1906–1912
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Russian Class U locomotive Number U127: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Russian locomotive class U (Russian: У) was a Russian express passenger steam locomotive type. The class U was a 4-6-0 four-cylinder compound locomotive which used de Glehn compound system.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- 11 m long: about 2 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
- 1906–1912
- number built
- 62
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Kirov Plant
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 11 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7382232, Wikipedia: Russian locomotive class U (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.