TE109 is a single-section main cargo-passenger (there was an experimental two-section option - 2TE109 ) locomotive of the 3o - 3o type broad gauge with an electric transmission manufactured by the Lugansk diesel locomotive plant ( VZOR ) with a capacity of 3000 l. with. . The locomotive's body is made in size 02-T (the size of European railways).
| TE109 | |
|---|---|
 Locomotive TE109 | |
| Production | |
| Country of construction |  the USSR |
| Plants | Lugansk diesel locomotive plant |
| Years of construction | 1968 - 1981 |
| Total built | 1001, including: 130 - 82 131 - 76 132 - 709 142 - 6 07 - 90 T679.2-2 TE109 - 33 2TE109 - 3 |
| Technical details | |
| Kind of service | freight and passenger [1] |
| Axial formula | 3 O -3 O |
| Rail axle load | 20 t [1] |
| Locomotive length | 20 620 mm (buffered) [1] |
| Wheel diameter | 1050 mm [1] |
| Track width | 1435 or 1520 mm [1] |
| Diesel type | 1A-5D49 (16CHN26 / 26) [1] |
| Diesel power | 3000 h.p. [one] |
| Gear type |  Electric |
| TED output power | 305 kW |
| Continuous traction | 17600/24600 kg [1] |
| Continuous Speed | 35.5 / 24.2 km / h [1] |
| Construction speed | 100 km / h (cargo) 120 km / h (cargo-pass.) 140 km / h (pass.) |
| Exploitation | |
| Country | USSR , GDR , Germany , Bulgaria , Czech Republic , Netherlands , Poland , Ukraine , Russia , Belarus , Kazakhstan . |
Produced for export to East Germany , Bulgaria . In the Soviet Union , 33 units were operated at industrial railway transport enterprises in the Ministry of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy.
When diesel locomotives were delivered to Czechoslovakia (2 cars), the locomotive was called the T679.2 Pagulin ( Ragulin ).
German railway workers gave the diesel locomotives of the TE109 family the name Ludmilla . On the German railway network ( Deutsche Bahn ) they have the designations: BR130 , BR230 , BR231 , BR232 , BR233 , BR234 , BR241 . Many diesel locomotives of these series are operated in Germany today, both by DB concern and private companies. They are mainly operated in the former eastern Germany, for example, in the Berlin-Lichtenberg depot.
The diesel locomotive TE109 became the founder of a whole family of main diesel locomotives:
- TE125 - a passenger locomotive with an engine capacity of 4000 liters. with.
- TE129 - freight-passenger locomotive with an engine capacity of 4000 liters. with.
- TE120 - diesel locomotive with alternating current transmission and asynchronous traction motors
- TE114 - a diesel locomotive with a bonnet type body for a tropical climate
- TE114I - a locomotive for operation in conditions of high dustiness of air
- 2TE116 - freight mainline diesel locomotive, replacing the 2TE10 high-speed series.
TE109 in Germany (BR 130/230)
During the heating of the railways of the GDR (Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR) in 1966, it decided to mass purchase Soviet diesel locomotives. These hardy and powerful diesel locomotives, very numerous - 1251 delivered sections of five series belonging to the TE family - formed the basis of the diesel traction. The Lugansk plant received an order to develop diesel locomotives for working with heavy freight and long-distance (long-distance) passenger trains in the GDR. The series were very similar in appearance, differing in technical equipment and maximum speed. As the apogee of this family of diesel locomotives, one can consider a variant with a capacity of 4000 liters. with. - TE129 (on the DR series 142, and since 1992 - 242). The first to arrive on German roads were diesel locomotives of the TE109 - 230 series (BR 130 DR) with a capacity of 3000 liters. with. They were acquired by the DR branch in the GDR since 1970. They used 16-cylinder D 49 type 5 diesel engines with alternating-direct current power transmission. The machine with 6 wheelsets had a service weight of 120 tons. The locomotive with a maximum speed of 140 km / h had to be used almost exclusively in freight traffic, since the Soviet Union had not yet launched the production of diesel locomotives with equipment for power supply (heating, air conditioning, lighting, etc.) passenger train. With this, only the later cargo-passenger (120 km / h) modification 132 went into production.
Political changes in the GDR did not pass without a trace for the railway. The separation of the former DR and German Federal Railways (Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB) with the unification of German states also ceased. With the abolition of many freight traffic, diesel locomotives also lost their usual areas of application. Therefore, numerous locomotives were removed from the railway traffic services. With the advent of small private railways, which are meant as separate producers of transport services, at the same time, the demand for high-performance diesel locomotives has grown. Already here, most Soviet diesel locomotives have found a new field of application. The locomotive 230 077 was radically modernized. With its distinguished coloring, it is now in the RTS (Rail Transport Service GmbH) service and is on duty on a German scale in the service of heavy freight trains. The sturdy technique of the export "smash hit" of Soviet locomotive building is still popular in Germany.
Notes
- β 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Research Institute of Information on Heavy, Power and Transport Engineering. Diesel locomotives of the USSR. Directory-catalog (18.8.73). - M .: NIIINFORMTYAZHMASH, 1974.- 176 p. - 1495 copies.