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Soviet locomotive class TE1
🇺🇦 Ukraine ·built by Malyshev Factory· from 1947· Soviet Co′Co′ diesel road switcher, built 1947–1950
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ТЭ1-20-165, МЖТ, Брест (45841100165): Дмитрий Лучинский from Saint Petersburg, Russia· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE1-20-135 (2): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE1-20-135 (2) no background: File:Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE1-20-135 (2).jpg : George Shuklin derivative work: Karel ( talk )· CC BY 2.5
- 4. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE1-20-135 (5): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 5. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE1-20-135 (7): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 6. TE1-20-105-1: Original uploader was Zimin.V.G. (Зимин Василий Геннадиевич) at ru.wikipedia· CC BY 1.0
- 7. Маневровый тепловоз ТЭ1-20-105, вышедший из ворот АТРЗ весной 1954-го года: Наталия Беляева· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Фото нового тепловоза АТРЗ: Галина шальнова· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Фото нового тепловоза: Галина шальнова· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. DieselLoco Te1: Photocity (Sergey Nemanov)· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
TE1 (Russian: ТЭ1) is a diesel locomotive with electric transmission, produced in the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1950 by the Malyshev Factory in Kharkiv. It is a modified copy of the American ALCO RSD-1.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- 16.9 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
- 1947–1950
- number built
- 298
- kind
- diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- builders
- Malyshev Factory
- top speed
- 93 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 16.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3895062, Wikipedia: Soviet locomotive class TE1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.