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Soviet locomotive class OR23
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 1949· class of Soviet 2-10-4 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. OR23-01 steam locomotive: Дмитрий Закутный· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The OR23 was a Soviet experimental locomotive built in 1949. Its cylinders were placed above the center driving axle, and had rods on both ends which transferred power to the wheels. The purpose was to balance the driving forces on the wheels, allowing the counterweights on the wheels to be smaller and reducing hammer blow on the track.
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 77 years ago, in 1949.
- 29.5 m long: about 7 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
- 1949
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Luhanskteplovoz
- designer
- M. N. Anikeev, Yu. G. Kirilov and N. A. Turik
- operators
- Soviet Railways
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-4
- length
- 29.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4328984, Wikipedia: Soviet locomotive class OR23 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.