Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques

Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques
Toshkent Temiryo'l Texnikasi Muzeyi
Established1989
LocationUzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
TypeRailway 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

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

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

Photo Class Year Built Country of Origin Builder
Кч4 228 1950 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Škoda
Су 250-94 1924 Soviet UnionUSSR Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
649 1936 Soviet UnionUSSR Kolomna Locomotive Works
Ов 1534 1914 Russian EmpireRussian Empire Kolomna Locomotive Works
Еа 2371 1944 United StatesUnited States Baldwin Locomotive Works
Эм 732-35 1931 Soviet UnionUSSR Malyshev Factory
ЭР 772-89 1936 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ЧКД
СОм17 1-2657 1934 Soviet UnionUSSR Malyshev Factory
ЭУ 705-74 1930 Soviet UnionUSSR JSC Michurinsky Locomotive Plant Milorem
ФД20 2849 1932 Soviet UnionUSSR
ЛВ 0487 1956 Soviet UnionUSSR Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
П36 0250 1946 Soviet UnionUSSR Kolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭ52 5200 1943 Nazi GermanyNazi Germany Fablok

Diesel Locomotives

Photo Class Year Built Country of Origin Builder
ТГК2 2245 1962 Soviet UnionUSSR Kambarka Engineering Works
ТГМ23В 1654 1956 Soviet UnionUSSR
ТГМ1 1681 1966 Soviet UnionUSSR
ТГМ3 1156 1956 Soviet UnionUSSR Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant
Да 31 1945 United StatesUnited States ALCO
ТЭ2 025 1951 Soviet UnionUSSR Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ЧМЭ3 4115 1964 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ЧКД
2ТЭ10В 3928 1975 Soviet UnionUSSR Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
ТЭМ2 2558 1962 Soviet UnionUSSR Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
2ТЭ10Л 254 1962 Soviet UnionUSSR Voroshilovgrad Locomotive works
ТЭ3 (102—104) 61-06 1953 Soviet UnionUSSR Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТЭП60 105-108 1081—2090 1961 Soviet UnionUSSR Kolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭП70 70-0008-1774 1973 Soviet UnionUSSR Kolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭП10 «Стрела» 10-126 1964 Soviet UnionUSSR Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТЭ1 20-068 1947 Soviet UnionUSSR Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТУ7 3143 Soviet UnionUSSR Kambarka Engineering Works
ТУ 0544 Soviet UnionUSSR Kambarka Engineering Works
ТУ 7а 3142 Soviet UnionUSSR Kambarka Engineering Works
ТУ 2 064 Soviet UnionUSSR Kambarka Engineering Works

Electric Locomotives

Photo Class Year Built Country of Origin Builder
ВЛ22м 374 1950 Soviet UnionUSSR Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
ВЛ60К 157 1956 Soviet UnionUSSR Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
ЭР2 1270 1981 Soviet UnionUSSR Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca

Maintenance-of-Way Equipment

Photo Class Year Built Country of Origin Builder
Автодрезина АГВ 211 1971 Soviet UnionUSSR Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автодрезина ДГку 134 1975 Soviet UnionUSSR Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автодрезина АГму 5887 1959 Soviet UnionUSSR Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автомотриса АС1а 2134 1964 Soviet UnionUSSR Velikiy Lukomotiv Locomotive Plant
Грейферный кран МК 6 1930 Soviet UnionUSSR Lviv Locomotive Repair Plant
Прицеп УП-2 2989 1972
Рельсосварочная машина РСМ3 1974
Путестроительный кран ДЖ-45 1937 Soviet UnionUSSR Kolomna Locomotive Works
Выправочно-подбивоотделочная ВПО 3000 1962
Шпалопобивочная машина 001 1961 Soviet UnionUSSR Kirov Machine Works
Снегоочиститель СДП-216 1949
Двухосный вагон САЗ 5000 1946
Платформа грузовая (думпкар) ЦНИИ 959738 1959

Passenger Equipment

Photo Class Year Built Country of Origin Builder
Двухпалубный вагон с куполом обзора САЗ 4000 1965 Soviet UnionUSSR CJSC VAGONMASH
Межобластной вагон 1976 Polish People's RepublicPolish People's Republic Завод Цегельского город Познань

References

  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

External links

  • Information about the museum in Uzbek
  • Information about the museum in Uzbek
  • Article about the museum in English
  • Article about the museum in Uzbek

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