Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques

Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques
Toshkent Temiryo'l Texnikasi Muzeyi
Established	1989
Location	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Type	Railway techniques institute, public

Tashkent Museum of Railway Equipment is a railway museum in Tashkent and is the only such museum in Uzbekistan.^[1]^[2]

History edit

The museum opened on August 4, 1989, at the 100-year anniversary of the first railways in Central Asia. The museum sponsors exhibits on the development of railway technologies in Uzbekistan in the second half of the 20th century.

Contents edit

The museum hosts 13 steam engines, 18 diesel and 3 electric locomotives that were used across Uzbekistan to pull different types of wagons - many of which are also on display. The equipment required to operate a railway e.g. signals, semaphore and radio and paraphernalia such as emblems, tools and uniforms of the machinists is included.

The oldest example of railway engine that can be seen there is an OV engine 1534 ("The Lamb"), which has 700 horsepower, was made in 1914, and reached a speed of 55 km/h. The most powerful engine presented in the museum is P 36 ("Victory"), which has about 3000 horsepower. The engine was invented in 1833–1834 by Efim and Makar Cherepanovs and was used up to 1956 when replaced with diesel locomotives – the locomotives of 1961 could reach a speed of 60 km/h.

The museum offers a ride on one of the oldest trains, along a track that is almost 1 km long, through its grounds.

Steam Locomotives edit

Class	№	Year Built	Country of Origin	Builder
К^ч4	228	1950	Czechoslovakia	Škoda
С^у	250-94	1924	USSR	Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
9П	649	1936	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
О^в	1534	1914	Russian Empire	Kolomna Locomotive Works
Е^а	2371	1944	United States	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Э^м	732-35	1931	USSR	Malyshev Factory
Э^Р	772-89	1936	Czechoslovakia	ЧКД
СО^м17	1-2657	1934	USSR	Malyshev Factory
Э^У	705-74	1930	USSR	JSC Michurinsky Locomotive Plant Milorem
ФД20	2849	1932	USSR
ЛВ	0487	1956	USSR	Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
П36	0250	1946	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭ52	5200	1943	Nazi Germany	Fablok

Diesel Locomotives edit

Class	№	Year Built	Country of Origin	Builder
ТГК2	2245	1962	USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
ТГМ23В	1654	1956	USSR
ТГМ1	1681	1966	USSR
ТГМ3	1156	1956	USSR	Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant
Д^а	31	1945	United States	ALCO
ТЭ2	025	1951	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ЧМЭ3	4115	1964	Czechoslovakia	ЧКД
2ТЭ10В	3928	1975	USSR	Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
ТЭМ2	2558	1962	USSR	Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
2ТЭ10Л	254	1962	USSR	Voroshilovgrad Locomotive works
ТЭ3	(102—104) 61-06	1953	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТЭП60	105-108 1081—2090	1961	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭП70	70-0008-1774	1973	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭП10 «Стрела»	10-126	1964	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТЭ1	20-068	1947	USSR	Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТУ7	3143		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
ТУ	0544		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
~~ТУ 7а~~	~~3142~~		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works
~~ТУ 2~~	~~064~~		USSR	Kambarka Engineering Works

Electric Locomotives edit

Class	№	Year Built	Country of Origin	Builder
ВЛ22^м	374	1950	USSR	Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
ВЛ60К	157	1956	USSR	Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
ЭР2	1270	1981	USSR	Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca

Maintenance-of-Way Equipment edit

Class	№	Year Built	Country of Origin	Builder
Автодрезина АГВ	211	1971	USSR	Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автодрезина ДГ^ку	134	1975	USSR	Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автодрезина АГ^му	5887	1959	USSR	Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автомотриса АС1^а	2134	1964	USSR	Velikiy Lukomotiv Locomotive Plant
Грейферный кран МК	6	1930	USSR	Lviv Locomotive Repair Plant
Прицеп УП-2	2989	1972
Рельсосварочная машина	РСМ3	1974
Путестроительный кран	ДЖ-45	1937	USSR	Kolomna Locomotive Works
Выправочно-подбивоотделочная ВПО	3000	1962
Шпалопобивочная машина	001	1961	USSR	Kirov Machine Works
Снегоочиститель	СДП-216	1949
Двухосный вагон	САЗ 5000	1946
Платформа грузовая (думпкар)	ЦНИИ 959738	1959

Passenger Equipment edit

Photo	Class	№	Year Built	Country of Origin	Builder
	Двухпалубный вагон с куполом обзора	САЗ 4000	1965	USSR	CJSC VAGONMASH
	Межобластной вагон		1976	Polish People's Republic	Завод Цегельского город Познань

References edit

^ ТАШКЕНТСКИЙ МУЗЕЙ ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНОЙ ТЕХНИКИ Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 29.03.2016
^ From the article about the museum in Uzbek checked 29.03.2016

External links edit

[1] ТАШКЕНТСКИЙ МУЗЕЙ ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНОЙ ТЕХНИКИ Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 29.03.2016

[2] From the article about the museum in Uzbek checked 29.03.2016

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