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Soviet locomotive class L
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Kolomna Locomotive Works· from 1945· Soviet 2-10-0 locomotive class, built 1945–1955
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- 1. Паровоз Л-3167: Solilon1· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Soviet locomotive class L (Russian: Л) was a Soviet main freight steam locomotive type.
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- Served for 50 years (1945–1995).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945–1955
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1995
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4,199
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Kolomna Locomotive Works, Luhanskteplovoz, Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
- designer
- Lev Sergeyevich Lebedyanskiy, ru, Лебедянский, Лев Сергеевич
- operators
- Soviet Railways
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- nicknames
- Swan
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4345692, Wikipedia: Soviet locomotive class L (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.