M62 locomotive

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**М62**
Power type	Diesel-electric
M62 locomotive in Baranovici, Belarus
Builder	Voloshivograd Locomotives Factory
Model	M62
Build date	1965-80
Total production	thousands
AAR wheel arr.	Co-Co
UIC classification	Co´ Co´
Gauge	1435 mm/1524 mm
Driver size	1050 mm
Wheelbase	4200 mm
Length	17550 mm
Width	2950 mm
Height	4493 mm
Axle load	19,3 t
Total weight	116,5 t
Fuel type	diesel
Fuel capacity	3900 l
Water capacity	950 l
Fuel consumption	340 kg/hour
Engine type	14D40
Cylinders	12
Transmission	Electric
Top speed	100 km/h
Power output	1472 kW
Tractive effort	32000 kgf (314 kN)
Locomotive brakes	Oerlikon
Career	BCh, ČD, ČSD, DR, DBAG, MÁV, PKP, RZhD, UZ
Class	M62, 781, T 679.1, V200, 120, 220, M62, ST44, M62
Nicknames	Gagarin, Iwan, Sergej, Машка

M62 is a Soviet heavy freight diesel locomotive, exported to many Eastern Bloc countries.

1 ST44 - Poland
- 1.1 Present use
2 Nicknames
3 Resources

[edit] ST44 - Poland

In the early 1960s an urgent need appeared in Poland for a heavy freight diesel locomotive. The Polish industry at the time was not able to produce such a locomotive, so a decision was made to import a large number of M62 locomotives from the Soviet Union. The first locomotive, produced by the Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Factory (today in Lugansk, Ukraine), was delivered to Poland in 1966. Deliveries continued until the 1980s, with 1,113 locomotives delivered in total.

[edit] Present use

Huge fuel and oil consumption as well as heavy wear it causes to the tracks is persuading Polish Railways to reduce the use of this locomotive type. In 2006 many still remain in service with PKP for freight use, though many are stored. The locomotives are still used in large numbers by private railroads companies, as well as on the unique LHS broad gauge line.

[edit] Nicknames

This locomotive has a certain cult following among railfans, and is referred to by several colorful nicknames, usually derived from its Soviet provenance:

Gagarin in Poland - from the space flight pioneer
Iwan or Siergiej in Poland or Czechoslovakia - from two names popular in Soviet Union
Siergiej in Hungary
Taiga Trommel (Taiga Drum) in Germany
In Soviet Union the locomotive had the only wide spread nickname — Mashka (Russian: Машка) (from female name Maria).

[edit] Resources

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Type M62 diesel locomotives

v • d • e Locomotives of Polskie Koleje Państwowe:
Diesel locomotives:	SM03 \| SM04 \| SM30 \| SM31 \| SM40 \| SM41 \| SM42 \| SM48 \| SP32 \| SP42 \| SP45 \| SP47 \| ST43 \| ST44 SU42 \| SU45 \| SU46
Electric locomotives:	EM10 \| EP02 \| EP03 \| EP05 \| EP07 \| EP08 \| EP09 \| ET21 \| ET22 \| ET40 \| ET41 \| ET42 \| EU04 \| EU05 \| EU06 \| EU07
Steam locomotives:	Ok1 \| Ok22 \| OKl27 \| Ol49 \| Pm36 \| Pt31 \| Pt47 \| Pu29 \| TKt48 \| Ty2 \| Ty45 \| Ty51
Multiple units of Polskie Koleje Państwowe:
Electric multiple units:	ED72 \| ED73 \| EN57 \| EN71
Diesel multiple units:	SN61 \| SN81 \| SA101 \| SA102 \| SA103 \| SA104 \| SA105 \| SA106 \| SA107 \| SA108 \| SA109 \| SA110 \| SA131 \| SA132 \| SA133