Exhibit description

Diesel locomotive M62

Experimental models

The M62 diesel locomotive was initially developed for the Hungarian People's Republic, but was later used in other socialist countries, including the USSR.

In 1964 to identify weak points, two experimental diesel locomotives M62-1 and M62-2 were built, manufactured to 02-T gauge, equipped with СА-3 automatic couplers and wheelsets for 1,524 mm gauge. They were sent to the Liski depot of the South-Eastern Railway. In 1971, after operation on the South-Eastern, Central Asian and Lvov railways, these locomotives were transferred to work in track machine stations. For the railways of the Soviet Union, diesel locomotives of the M62 series were built from 1970 to 1976.

Export to socialist countries

From 1965 to 1978., 270 locomotives M62 with numbers 001–270 on the 1,435 mm gauge and 18 with numbers 501–518 on the broad 1,524 mm gauge were delivered to Hungary.

601 diesel locomotives were delivered to Czechoslovakia under the designation T679.1 for the 1,435 mm gauge and 25 locomotives T679.5 for operation on the 1,524 mm gauge in the areas bordering the USSR. After the designation system was changed, they received the new series 781. The last delivered diesel locomotive 781.600 is preserved in the Czech Roads Museum. Today, all locomotives of this series have been decommissioned.

599 diesel locomotives worked on Czechoslovak Railways. Two locomotives with a gauge of 1,524 mm were delivered to the East Slovak Iron and Steel Works in Kosice (T679.5026) and the Vojany power plant (T679.5027). For Czechoslovakia, this was the most widely produced diesel locomotive.

Locomotives were delivered to Polish Railways from 1966 to 1988, a total of 1,113 diesel locomotives for the normal 1,435 mm gauge. In the period from 1977 to 1980 68 locomotives for the 1,524 mm gauge were purchased for the industry with the ST44 series designation and road numbers ranging from 0001 to 2058. Externally, they were distinguished by their green paintwork and very large buffer headlights, typical of all locomotives operated in Poland.

The GDR purchased a total of 378 diesel locomotives for its railways between 1966 and 1975 in three batches. They were initially designated V200 (001–378), from 1970 — BR200, and after 1992 — series 220.

Historical context

In addition to other wheel sets, each bogie was equipped with four brake cylinders instead of two, as for Soviet railways.

601 locomotives were delivered to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic under the designation T679.1 for the 1,435 mm gauge and T679.5 (25 units) for operation on the 1,524 mm gauge in the areas bordering the USSR. Later, the designation system was changed, and they received new series - 781. The last delivered diesel locomotive 781.600 is preserved in the Museum of Czech Roads. Today, all diesel locomotives of this series have been decommissioned.

599 locomotives worked on Czechoslovak Railways, two locomotives on the 1,524 mm gauge were delivered to the East Slovak Iron and Steel Works (T679.5026) in Kosice and the Vojany Power Plant (T679.5027). For Czechoslovakia, this was the most widespread series of diesel locomotives on the railways.

Diesel locomotive M62-1 belongs to the Central Museum of Railway Transport.