Locomotive IS

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Steam locomotive of series IS with streamline casing Woroshilovograds factory, the Soviet steam locomotive-champion with maximum speed of 180 km/h

The Steam locomotive IS was a Soviet passenger steam locomotive. The contract design was prepared in 1929 at the Kolomna factory. The IS were manufactured between 1932 and 1942.

1 Overview
2 Specification
3 Construction
4 Use
5 Books

[edit] Overview

The steam locomotive had seven axles, of which four were driving. The locomotive used the cylinders and boilers of the steam locomotive series FD However the steam locomotive IS had a different wheel arrangement.

[edit] Specification

Evaporating surface: 295.2 m²
Superheating area: 148.4 m²),
Working pressure: 15 kgf/cm² (1.47 MPa)
Locomotive weight: 133 tonnes
Adhesive weight: 88 tonnes
Speed: 100–115 km/h.

[edit] Construction

The first steam locomotive was released from the Kolomna factory on October 4, 1932. In April-December a steam locomotive was tested on the October-, Southern- and Ekaterinenskaya railways.

In 1936 production began at the Voroshilovograd factory. In total, 649 steam locomotives were constructed. Later it was renamed FDP (steam locomotive FD, passenger modification).

[edit] Use

These locomotives were used until 1972.

[edit] Books

Справочник по локомотивам железных дорог СССР. Главное управление локомотивного хозяйства МПС. Трансжелдориздат 1956
Курс паровозов. Устройство и работа паровозов и техника их ремонта (под редакцией С.П. Сыромятникова), Трансжелдориздат (State Publishing House), 1937