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Soviet locomotive class FD
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 1931· class of Soviet 2-10-2 locomotives named after the most evil Bolshevik Revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Parovoz "Felix Dzherzinski" in Brest museum: LHOON / Peter van den Bossche· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. ФД20-1679 - EXPO-1520 train parade 2017: Self-photographed· CC0
what is it?
The Soviet locomotive class FD (Russian: ФД; Ukrainian: Паровоз ФД, romanized: Parovoz FD) was a Soviet main freight steam locomotive type named after Felix Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Феликс Дзержинский; Ukrainian: Фелікс Дзержинський, romanized: Feliks Dzerzhynskyi). Between 1932 and 1942, 3,213 FD series locomotives were built.
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- 2.3 MW is about 27 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16 m long: about 4 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
- 1931–1942
- retired
- 1992
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3,213
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Luhanskteplovoz
- operators
- rail transport in the Soviet Union, China State Railway Group, Korean State Railway, Russian Railways
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- 2.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- length
- 16 m
- weight
- 134 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2393898, Wikipedia: Soviet locomotive class FD (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.