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Russian locomotive class A
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Kolomna Locomotive Works· from 1892· Russian 4-6-0 locomotive class, built 1892–1907
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Parovoz A: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Parovoz Kompaund s paroperegri︠e︡vatelem Shmidta 20458v (cropped): Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский· Public domain
what is it?
The Russian locomotive class A was a series of Russian steam locomotives from the early 20th century, among the most powerful produced in the country at that time, with a top speed of 115 kilometers per hour. One example, shown here, was the Ab type, with a Schmidt superheater, with the number between the couplers indicates Ab 132, produced at the Briansk locomotive factory in 1909.
who runs it
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.4 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
- 1892–1907
- number built
- 533
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Kolomna Locomotive Works, Hanomag, Henschel & Sohn, Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Luhanskteplovoz, Malyshev Factory
- operators
- history of rail transport in Russia, Soviet Railways
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 10.4 m
- weight
- 58 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4345678, Wikipedia: Russian locomotive class A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.