Russian locomotive class O

O class steam locomotive
Preserved steam locomotive Ov-841
Power type Steam
Build date 1890—1915, 1925—1928
Configuration 0-8-0
Length 9672 mm (w/o tender)
Fuel type coal

The russian steam locomotive class O (from Russian: Основной) was an early type of russian steam locomotives. Between 1890 and 1928, 9129 locomotives were built; the type was the most numerous in Russia.[1].

In the Great patriotic war O-class locomotives were widely used in armoured trains.

References

  1. ^ Леонид МАКАРОВ (3-2005). "ОВЕЧКА" (in ru). Историческая серия "Техники Молодежи". ФОТОМАГИСТРАЛЬ. http://ukrtrains.narod.ru/int/tm/05-3_ov814.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 

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