Passenger car SV No. 001 07383

Double Compartment

Model K/Kiz cars were passenger cars with double compartments, a MAB-2 air conditioning unit, and a dual heating system.

Museum Exhibit

Made in Germany

Car no. 245 was built at the Ammendorf Railway Carriage Works (Halle, Germany) on 13th October 1994 for the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation. It was operated on the St. Petersburg-Moskovsky Railway Car Section of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. It formed part of the Red Arrow 1/2 named train from 1994 to 2006.

The car exhibited in the museum was built in Germany at the Ammendorf Railway Carriage Works in 1994.

Parameters

Technical
specifications

Length along coupling axes of automatic couplings, mm: 24 540
Length of car body, mm: 23 950
Maximum width of the car, mm: 3 134
Height of the car from the head of the rails to the top of the roof, mm: 4 357
Base of the car, mm: 17 000
Bogie base, mm: 2 400
Wheel pair rolling circle diameter, mm: 950
Height from rail heads to center of couplers, mm: 1060 +/-20
Speed of movement, km/h: 160
Temperature range: +/- 50
Car container, t: 56
Water reserve, l: 1 120
The smallest radius of the curve for the passage of an uncoupled carriage, m: 80

Drawings
and diagrams

History

Chronology

1931 The Red Arrow express train begins to run between Moscow and Leningrad.
1940s Development of a new all-metal type of sleeping car for long journeys.
1994 Sleeping car no. 001 07383 is built in Germany, and in the same year forms part of the Red Arrow express train.
2006 Sleeping car no. 001 07383 is decommissioned.
2016 Sleeping car no. 001 07383 becomes an exhibit at the Russian Railway Museum in St. Petersburg.