Steam locomotives
Ь<sub>К</sub> 2023
<space=1em><b>For mountain roads</b>
<space=1em>Considering the operational requirements for locomotives for shunting work, the Kolomna Plant developed and built in <nobr>1897</nobr> a new type of tank locomotive with three paired axles, which received the designation of the plant <nobr>type 62</nobr>.
<space=1em>These locomotives were equipped with boilers with <nobr>164 smoke tubes</nobr> with a diameter of <nobr>41/46 mm</nobr> and a Walschaert steam distribution mechanism. Steam locomotives <nobr>type 62</nobr> had oil reserves of <nobr>3 m<sup>3</sup></nobr> or coal reserves of <nobr>1.45 m<sup>3</sup></nobr> and water reserves, respectively, <nobr>6 or 7 m<sup>3</sup></nobr>.
<space=1em>The first such locomotives were built for the Vladikavkaz Railway and equipped with oil heating. On the road they received the <nobr>T series</nobr> and numbers <nobr>1011–1034</nobr> (since <nobr>1900</nobr> <nobr>T 2011–2034</nobr>). Subsequently, up to <nobr>1912</nobr> the Kolomna Plant built <nobr>109 tank locomotives</nobr> <nobr>type 62</nobr>. They were supplied both to the railways (Moscow-Kursk, Armavir-Tuapse, Kharkov-Nikolaev, China-Eastern <nobr>etc.</nobr>) and to industrial enterprises (Sulinovsky Plant, Novorossiysk port).
<space=1em><b>Project development</b>
<space=1em>During the construction process, certain changes were made to the design: steam-air pumps were installed, the volume of water tanks was increased to <nobr>8 m<sup>3</sup></nobr>. As a result, the weight of the <nobr>type 62</nobr> steam locomotives reached <nobr>44–45 tons.</nobr> During operation, some of the <nobr>type 62</nobr> steam locomotives on the Vladikavkaz and Moscow-Yaroslavl-Arkhangelsk railways were equipped with Westinghouse brakes, and some on the Yekaterininskaya railway had steam brakes.
<space=1em>Since <nobr>1912</nobr>, the <nobr>type 62</nobr> steam locomotives under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Railways received the <nobr>Ь<sub>K</sub></nobr> series.
<space=1em>The further development of the <nobr>type 62</nobr> steam locomotives were the <nobr>type 118</nobr> and <nobr>type 154</nobr> tank locomotives, built from 1912 to <nobr>1932.</nobr>
<space=1em><b>Operation</b>
<space=1em>On the Vladikavkaz Railway, the Kolomensky <nobr>type 62</nobr> tank locomotives were used mainly for shunting work. A certain number of locomotives, judging by the surviving photographs, were used to haul commuter trains on the Mineralnye Vody branch of the line (<nobr>Mineralnye Vody - Kislovodsk</nobr>) and the <nobr>Beshtau - Zheleznovodsk</nobr> branch. Some of the steam locomotives had their water tanks enlarged as part of the modernization on the road.
<space=1em>On <nobr>January 1</nobr> <nobr>1925</nobr> the Vladikavkaz Railway had all <nobr>24 steam locomotives</nobr> built <nobr>in 1897</nobr> in its fleet. Later, some of the steam locomotives <nobr>type 62</nobr> were used as shunting locomotives in the depots of the North Caucasus and other railways. The compact dimensions of these machines are convenient for shunting work in fan-type depots with turntables. In this capacity, some steam locomotives worked until the <nobr>1980s.</nobr>
<space=1em><b>Museum exhibit</b>
<space=1em>Currently, four tank steam locomotives of <nobr>type 62</nobr> have survived: <nobr>Ь 2012</nobr>, 2021, 2023 and 2034. Locomotives <nobr>Ь 2021</nobr> and 2034 have been installed as monuments in Krasnodar and Mineralnye Vody, respectively. Steam locomotive <nobr>Ь 2012</nobr> has been restored to working condition and was first demonstrated in a dynamic exposition at the VNIIZhT experimental ring at Shcherbinka station in August <nobr>2017.</nobr>
<space=1em>Tank locomotive <nobr>Ь 2023</nobr> was built by the Kolomna Steam Locomotive Plant in <nobr>1897</nobr> for the Vladikavkaz Railway. Its last place of <nobr>operation was</nobr> the Grozny locomotive depot, where the locomotive worked on shunting at the depot until the early <nobr>1980s.</nobr> In <nobr>1982</nobr> the locomotive was registered with the Central Museum of Railway Transport of the USSR as a monument of science and technology. In <nobr>1989</nobr> it was sent to Leningrad for storage as a museum exhibit.
<space=1em>From 2001 to <nobr>2016</nobr> the locomotive was on display at the Central Museum of the October Railway at the former Varshavsky Station in St. Petersburg.
ID экспоната:
45
Аудио:
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Галерея изображений 2000:
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Параметры (технические характеристики):
Diameter of driving wheels, mm
1,030
Steam locomotive base, mm
3,000 / Length, mm
8,400
Width, mm
2,970
Height, mm
4,360
Steam pressure in the boiler, atm
11
Cylinder diameter, mm
450
Piston stroke, mm
500
Outer diameter of the boiler, mm
1,338
Number of smoke tubes, pcs.
164
Outer diameter of smoke tubes, mm
46
Distance between grates, mm
3,240
Heating surface of smoke tubes, m²
76.78
Heating surface of the firebox, m²
7.14
Total heating surface, m²
83.92
Ratio of the heating surface of the firebox to the heating surface of the tubes
1: 107 523
Grate area, m²
1.53
Capacity of water boxes, m³
6
Weight of an empty locomotive with a Westinghouse brake, t
32.3
Weight of a locomotive with half the amount of firewood and water, t
39.71
Weight of a locomotive with a full amount of firewood and water, t
43.78
Capacity of firewood, cu. with
0.55
Westinghouse and manual brakes
План:
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План 1000:
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План 2000:
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Хронология:
<space=1em>Tank locomotives were used for shunting work on the railway. These are locomotives without a trailer tender car carrying fuel and water supplies. Therefore, additional tanks and boxes for fuel were installed on the locomotives. <space=1em>Tank locomotives in the Russian Empire were mostly used on the sidings of enterprises. The development of this type of locomotive was affected by the almost complete absence of local lines in the Russian Railways network. There were only a few such sections: the line to Mineralnye Vody from Kislovodsk and the lines near St. Petersburg from Oranienbaum and Tsarskoye Selo (Pavlovsk), where tank locomotives were used in train work. <space=1em>The Vladikavkaz Railway built the Kislovodsk-Mineralnye Vody line, 61 miles long (opened for traffic in May 1894), and the branch from Beshtau to Zheleznovodsk, 5 miles long (opened for traffic in April 1898). The branches were short, but with long climbs. <space=1em>In 1897, the railway ordered ten 1-3-1 tank locomotives from the Hanover plant, but first built a prototype with the same axle arrangement in its Rostov workshops in 1896. These locomotives were planned to be used on the Kislovodsk-Mineralnye Vody line. Of the 24 tank locomotives ordered from the Kolomna plant, some were supposed to be used on the branch to Zheleznovodsk with commuter trains. <space=1em>At that time, the Kolomna plant had little experience in building tank locomotives. He limited himself to building narrow-gauge tank locomotives in limited quantities. Despite this, the tank locomotive created by order of the Vladikavkaz Railway turned out to be structurally very reliable and was technically ahead of the designs of mainline steam locomotives. <space=1em>In total, the Kolomensky Plant produced 92 such locomotives from 1897 to 1911. 10 units each were delivered to the Yekaterininskaya, Moscow-Kursk, Kursk-Kharkov-Sevastopol, Chinese Eastern, Kharkov-Nikolaev and Moscow-Yaroslavl-Arkhangelsk Railways. The remaining machines were delivered to industrial enterprises. The last two locomotives produced in 1911 were delivered to the Sulinsky Plant. <space=1em>Tank locomotive Ь<sub>K</sub> 2023 is one of the oldest locomotives that have survived in Russia. It was built by the Kolomna Locomotive Plant for the Vladikavkaz Railway in 1897 (factory number 1955), and received the designation Ь in 1912. <space=1em>The Ь series was assigned to all tank locomotives. Initially, on the Vladikavkaz Railway they were designated by the T series and had numbers 1011–1034 (later 2011–2034). <space=1em>Until the mid-1980s, Ь<sub>K</sub> 2023 worked at the Grozny depot of the North Caucasian Railway. In 1989, the locomotive was transferred to the Central Museum of Railway Transport. In 1998, it was repaired at the Malaya Vishera depot. From 2001 to 2016, the locomotive was on display at the Central Museum of the October Railway at the former Varshavsky Station in St. Petersburg.
Блоки описания:
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Модель (деталка):
Ь<sub>K</sub> 2023
Заголовок (деталка):
Tank locomotive
Подвал описания:
Between 2001 and 2016, the locomotive was on display at the Central Museum of the Oktyabrskaya Railway at the former Varshavsky Station in Saint Petersburg.
Заголовок истории:
Chronology
Mnemonic code:
45
Code in external DB source:
369
Name:
Ь<sub>К</sub> 2023