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TEM2

🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 1967· class of Soviet diesel-electric locomotive

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Тепловоз ТЭМ2-1592 (TEM2-1592 diesel locomotive): Novoklimov· CC0
2. TEM2-5382 2024-11 Yanichkino station 1731253502: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
3. ТЭМ2-1294, Россия, Самарская область, станция Сызрань (Trainpix 144215): Павел· CC0
4. ТЭМ2-1296, Россия, Самарская область, ПТОЛ Сызрань-I (Trainpix 142915): Павел· CC0
5. ТЭМ2-1312, Russia, Samara region, Syzran depot (Trainpix 129371): Павел· CC0
6. ТЭМ2-1313, Россия, Ульяновская область, станция Ульяновск-III (Trainpix 119664): Павел· CC0
7. ТЭМ2-1314, Россия, Самарская область, ПТОЛ Сызрань (Trainpix 134287): Павел· CC0
8. ТЭМ2-1316, Россия, Самарская область, ПТОЛ Сызрань (Trainpix 139725): Павел· CC0
9. 165 Кругобайкальская ж-д: A. L. (loading)· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. Diesel locomotive TEM2UM-201: Bill Ingalls· Public domain

what is it?

TEM2 (Russian: ТЭМ2) is a Soviet diesel-electric shunting locomotive. The locomotive was used throughout the Soviet Union and was exported to Poland and Cuba.

who runs it

Polish State Railways Russian Railways Soviet Railways

base stats

speed 100 km/htop speed
power 883 kWpower output
weight 120 tin working order

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 59 years ago, in 1967.
883 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built: 1967–1987
in service from: 1960
number built: —
kind: diesel locomotive
traction: diesel
origin: 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
builders: Luhanskteplovoz, Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
operators: Polish State Railways, Russian Railways, Soviet Railways
top speed: 100 km/h
power: 883 kW
gauge: 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
wheel arrangement: Co'Co'
length: 17 m
weight: 120 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q17127629, Wikipedia: TEM2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.