Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques

Tashkent Museum of Railway Equipment is a railway museum in Tashkent and is the only such museum in Uzbekistan.[1][2]

Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques
Toshkent Temiryo'l Texnikasi Muzeyi
Established1989
Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan
TypeRailway techniques institute, public

History

The museum opened on August 4, 1989, at the 100-year anniversary of the first railways in Central Asia. The museum sponsors exhibits on the development of railway technologies in Uzbekistan in the second half of the 20th century.

Contents

The museum hosts 13 steam engines, 18 diesel and 3 electric locomotives that were used across Uzbekistan to pull different types of wagons - many of which are also on display. The equipment required to operate a railway e.g. signals, semaphore and radio and paraphernalia such as emblems, tools and uniforms of the machinists is included.

The oldest example of railway engine that can be seen there is an OV engine 1534 ("The Lamb"), which has 700 horsepower, was made in 1914, and reached a speed of 55 km/h. The most powerful engine presented in the museum is P 36 ("Victory"), which has about 3000 horsepower. The engine was invented in 1833–1834 by Efim and Makar Cherepanovs and was used up to 1956 when replaced with diesel locomotives – the locomotives of 1961 could reach a speed of 60 km/h.

The museum offers a ride on one of the oldest trains, along a track that is almost 1 km long, through its grounds.

Steam Locomotives
PhotoClass№Year BuiltCountry of OriginBuilder
Кч42281950CzechoslovakiaŠkoda
Су250-941924USSRBryansk Machine-Building Plant
9П6491936USSRKolomna Locomotive Works
Ов15341914Russian EmpireKolomna Locomotive Works
Еа23711944United StatesBaldwin Locomotive Works
Эм732-351931USSRMalyshev Factory
ЭР772-891936CzechoslovakiaЧКД
СОм171-26571934USSRMalyshev Factory
ЭУ705-741930USSRJSC Michurinsky Locomotive Plant Milorem
ФД2028491932USSR
ЛВ04871956USSRLugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
П3602501946USSRKolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭ5252001943Nazi GermanyFablok

Diesel Locomotives
PhotoClass№Year BuiltCountry of OriginBuilder
ТГК222451962USSRKambarka Engineering Works
ТГМ23В16541956USSR
ТГМ116811966USSR
ТГМ311561956USSRLyudinovsky Locomotive Plant
Да311945United StatesALCO
ТЭ20251951USSRKharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ЧМЭ341151964CzechoslovakiaЧКД
2ТЭ10В39281975USSRLugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant
ТЭМ225581962USSRBryansk Machine-Building Plant
2ТЭ10Л2541962USSRVoroshilovgrad Locomotive works
ТЭ3(102—104) 61-061953USSRKharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТЭП60105-108 1081—20901961USSRKolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭП7070-0008-17741973USSRKolomna Locomotive Works
ТЭП10 «Стрела»10-1261964USSRKharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТЭ120-0681947USSRKharkiv Transport Engineering Plant
ТУ73143USSRKambarka Engineering Works
ТУ0544USSRKambarka Engineering Works
ТУ 7а3142USSRKambarka Engineering Works
ТУ 2064USSRKambarka Engineering Works

Electric Locomotives
PhotoClass№Year BuiltCountry of OriginBuilder
ВЛ22м3741950USSRNovocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
ВЛ60К1571956USSRNovocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
ЭР212701981USSRRīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca

Maintenance-of-Way Equipment
PhotoClass№Year BuiltCountry of OriginBuilder
Автодрезина АГВ2111971USSRTikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автодрезина ДГку1341975USSRTikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автодрезина АГму58871959USSRTikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant
Автомотриса АС1а21341964USSRVelikiy Lukomotiv Locomotive Plant
Грейферный кран МК61930USSRLviv Locomotive Repair Plant
Прицеп УП-229891972
Рельсосварочная машинаРСМ31974
Путестроительный кранДЖ-451937USSRKolomna Locomotive Works
Выправочно-подбивоотделочная ВПО30001962
Шпалопобивочная машина0011961USSRKirov Machine Works
СнегоочистительСДП-2161949
Двухосный вагонСАЗ 50001946
Платформа грузовая (думпкар)ЦНИИ 9597381959

Passenger Equipment
PhotoClass№Year BuiltCountry of OriginBuilder
Двухпалубный вагон с куполом обзораСАЗ 40001965USSRCJSC VAGONMASH
Межобластной вагон1976Polish People's RepublicЗавод Цегельского город Познань
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References
  1. ТАШКЕНТСКИЙ МУЗЕЙ ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНОЙ ТЕХНИКИ Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 29.03.2016
  2. From the article about the museum in Uzbek checked 29.03.2016

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