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Soviet locomotive class TE5
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Malyshev Factory· from 1948· class of 2 (or 5) Soviet diesel locomotives, developed from the ТЭ1
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE5-20-032 (1): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. DieselLoco te5: Sergey Nemanov· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE5-20-032 (2): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 4. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE5-20-032 (3): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 5. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE5-20-032 (4): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 6. Freight and passenger diesel locomotive TE5-20-032 (5): George Shuklin· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The TE5 (Cyrillic script: ТЭ5) is a Soviet experimental diesel-electric locomotive. In 1948 the Malyshev Factory in Kharkiv (Soviet Ukraine) released two (unconfirmed reports say five) of these locomotives, which were developed from the TE1 (ТЭ1). They were designed to work in the harsh climate of the northern regions of the country.
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 78 years ago, in 1948.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1948
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Malyshev Factory
- operators
- Soviet Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4449104, Wikipedia: Soviet locomotive class TE5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.