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Railway system of the Soviet Union

Index Railway system of the Soviet Union

The Soviet Railways (Russian: Cоветские железные дороги (CЖД)) was the state owned national railway system of the Soviet Union, headquartered in Moscow. [1]

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ALCO RSD-1

The ALCO RSD-1 was a diesel-electric locomotive built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO).

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Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)

The Aleksandr Suvorov (Александр Суворов) is a ''Valerian Kuybyshev''-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga–Don basin.

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Armenian Railways

Armenian Railways (Հայկական երկաթուղի) was a rail operator in Armenia.

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Azerbaijan Railways

Azerbaijan Railways (Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları) is the national state-owned rail transport operator in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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ČKD T-669 diesel locomotive

T-669.0 (770) class diesel locomotives, built by ČKD are six-axle, with two bogies.

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Škoda Type 22E2

The Škoda Type 22E2 type locomotive is a multipurpose electric locomotive built for the North Korean State Railway by the Škoda Works of Czechoslovakia.

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Baldwin 0-6-6-0 1000

The Baldwin 0-6-6-0 1000/1 DE is a cab unit diesel-electric locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1945.

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Bei'an–Heihe railway

The Bei'an–Heihe railway, named the Beihei Railway, is a railway line running between Bei'an and Heihe in Heilongjiang in north-eastern China.

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Belarusian Railway

Belarusian Railway (BCh) (Беларуская чыгунка, Белорусская железная дорога) is the national state-owned railway company of Belarus.

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British Rail HS4000

HS4000, named Kestrel, was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive built in 1967 by Brush Traction, Loughborough as a technology demonstrator for potential future British Rail and export orders.

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Calea Ferată din Moldova

Calea Ferată din Moldova (abbreviated as CFM) is the sole railway operator in the Republic of Moldova, responsible for passenger and cargo transportation, as well as railway infrastructure maintenance within the country.

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Deutsche Reichsbahn

The Deutsche Reichsbahn, also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the name of the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regional railways of the individual states of the German Empire.

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Five-year plans for the national economy of the Soviet Union

The five-year plans for the development of the national economy of the Soviet Union (USSR) (Пятиле́тние пла́ны разви́тия наро́дного хозя́йства СССР, Pjatiletnije plany razvitiya narodnogo khozyaystva SSSR) consisted of a series of nationwide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union, beginning in the late 1920s.

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Ganz DVM-4

The Ganz DVM-4 is a diesel-electric shunting locomotive developed and manufactured by Ganz-MÁVAG of Hungary in the mid-1950s to meet a requirement issued by the Soviet Railways (SZhD).

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JNR Class D51

The is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the Japanese National Railways (JNR), and various manufacturers from 1936 to 1945.

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Juche-class EMU

The Juche-class (주체) is a 4-part electric multiple unit built by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works in 1976, intended for high speed train service for the Korean State Railway.

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K62-class locomotive

K62 class is the Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Factory's designation for M62-type diesel locomotives built for the Korean State Railway.

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Korean State Railway

The Korean State Railway (조선민주주의인민공화국 철도, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk Ch'ŏldo, commonly called 국철, Kukch'ŏl, "State Rail") is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang.

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List of locomotives in China

A list of current and retired locomotives in the People's Republic of China.

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List of preserved steam locomotives in Germany

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List of rail accidents (1930–49)

This is a list of rail accidents from 1930 to 1949.

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List of Turkish railways

The following railways operate or operated in Anatolia, Turkey and in former lands of the Ottoman Empire.

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Little Joe (electric locomotive)

The Little Joe is a type of railroad electric locomotive built by General Electric for export to the Soviet Union (USSR) in 1946.

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M62 locomotive

M62 is a Soviet-built diesel locomotive for heavy freight trains, exported to many Eastern Bloc countries as well as to Cuba, North Korea and Mongolia.

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Ministry of Railways (Soviet Union)

The Ministry of Railways (Народный комиссариат путей сообщения (НКПС), more correctly translated as Ministry/People's Commisariat of Transportation) oversaw Soviet Railways, which operated the railways of the Soviet Union.

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Prussian T 9

The Prussian T 9 was a class of German steam locomotive which included several types of tank engine, all with six coupled wheels and two carrying wheels operated by the Prussian state railways.

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Railway electrification system

A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply.

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Railway vehicle owner's code

The railway vehicle owner's code formed part of the vehicle number on the side of a railway coach or wagon.

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Reich Ministry of Transport

The Reich Ministry of Transport (Reichsverkehrsministerium or RVM) was a cabinet-level agency of the German government during the Weimar Republic through the end of the Third Reich (1919–1945).

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Russian locomotive class Izhitsa

The Russian steam locomotive class Izhitsa (Ѵ) was a steam locomotive produced in Russia and the Soviet Union between 1908 and 1918, and between 1927 and 1931.

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Shurab, Tajikistan

Shurab is a town in Isfara district of the Sughd province, Tajikistan.

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Soviet infrastructure in Central Asia

The legacy of the Soviet Union lives on in the infrastructure of Central Asia.

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SZD

SZD may refer to.

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Transcaucasus Railway

The Transcaucus Railway (Закавка́зская желе́зная доро́га) was the first railway in South Caucasus.

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Uzbek Railways

The Uzbekistan Railways (script) are the national rail carrier of Uzbekistan.

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2-8-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck.

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4-8-2+2-8-4

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a is a Garratt articulated locomotive consisting of a pair of engine units back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between them.

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4-8-4

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles.

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5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways

Railways with a railway track gauge of were first constructed in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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SZhD, Soviet Railways.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_system_of_the_Soviet_Union

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