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Soviet locomotive class TE3
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Kolomna Locomotive Works· from 1953· class of 6807 Soviet Co′Co′+Co′Co′ locomotives, built 1957–1973
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Diesel2D100: Sergey Nemanov· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. Freight diesel locomotive TE3-1001 (3): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. Freight diesel locomotive TE3-1001 (4): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 4. Freight diesel locomotive TE3-1001 (5): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 5. 3TE3-001 intermediate section: Лебедевский· CC BY 4.0
- 6. 3TE3-001: Лебедевский· CC BY 4.0
- 7. TE3 booster: BLOG· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The ТE3 (Russian: ТЭ3; Ukrainian: ТЕ3) is a Soviet diesel-electric locomotive, built in Russia and Ukraine to 1520 mm gauge. It is a two-unit Co’Co’+Co’Co’ machine. Total diesel power is 2,940 kW (3,940 hp; 4,000 PS).
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1953–1973
- number built
- 6,807
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Kolomna Locomotive Works, Luhanskteplovoz, Malyshev Factory
- operators
- Soviet Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co’Co’+Co’Co’
- weight
- 126 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q500981, Wikipedia: Soviet locomotive class TE3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.