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Russian locomotive class Izhitsa
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Kolomna Locomotive Works· from 1908· Russian 0-8-0 steam locomotive class, built 1908–1931
what is it?
The Russian steam locomotive class Izhitsa (Ѵ) was a steam locomotive produced in Russia and the Soviet Union between 1908 and 1918, and between 1927 and 1931. The Russian letter Ѵ can be transliterated as ü. On Russian and Soviet railways, these were the most powerful steam locomotives of type 0-8-0.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908–1931
- number built
- 56
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Kolomna Locomotive Works
- operators
- history of rail transport in Russia, Soviet Railways
- top speed
- 55 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2682185, Wikipedia: Russian locomotive class Izhitsa (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.