Power type Diesel-electric Total produced 2160 | Builder Luhanskteplovoz UIC class Co-Co+Co-Co | |
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Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁄32 in) Loco weight 272 t (268 long tons; 300 short tons) | ||
The 2TE116 is a broad gauge double diesel locomotive manufactured by Luhanskteplovoz, used extensively to haul heavy freight trains in the Soviet Union and its successor states, particularly by RŽD.
Variants are still being sold by Transmash; Ulanbataar Railway placed an order for 35 in October 2010.
The 2TE25 is a successor.
References
2TE116 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA