#4072· Sovjet locomotieftype 2ТЭ116
2TE116
🇺🇦 Ukraine ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 1971· class of Soviet diesel-electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2ТЭ116-1021, Россия, Псковская область, станция Пыталово (Trainpix 59770): граббер· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 2TE116-1507: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 1.0
- 3. 2TE116-1155: Novoklimov· CC0
- 4. 2TE116-363-1128-U-0132: Vivan755· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Oktoobriraudtee TEP70-399 ja 2TE116-1553 hommikuses Narvas: TaivoIn· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 07.03.24 Klaipėda 2TE116-571 (53583860675): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 2TE116A-001: Дмитрий Закутный· CC BY 4.0
- 8. 2TE116G-001 at exhibition: Дмитрий Лившиц· CC BY 4.0
- 9. 2TE116G-001B: Self-photographed· CC0
- 10. 2ТЭ116Г: Aleksey Jager· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 2TE116 is a broad gauge double diesel locomotive manufactured by Luhanskteplovoz, used extensively to haul heavy freight trains in the Soviet Union and its successor states, particularly by RZD. Variants are still being sold by Transmash; Ulaanbaatar Railway placed an order for 35 in October 2010. The 2TE116U is a successor.
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- 4.5 MW is about 53 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 45 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 218 m long: about 48 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1971
- in service from
- 1971
- number built
- 2,176
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- builders
- Luhanskteplovoz
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 4.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co+Co-Co
- length
- 218 m
- weight
- 272 t
- Dutch name
- Sovjet locomotieftype 2ТЭ116
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2446590, Wikipedia: 2TE116 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.