# Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques

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

## 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

| Class | № | Year Built | Country of Origin | Builder |
| К$^ч$4 | 228 | 1950 | Czechoslovakia | Škoda |
| С$^у$ | 250-94 | 1924 | USSR | Bryansk Machine-Building Plant |
| 9П | 649 | 1936 | USSR | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
| О$^в$ | 1534 | 1914 | Russian Empire | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
| Е$^а$ | 2371 | 1944 | United States | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
| Э$^м$ | 732-35 | 1931 | USSR | Malyshev Factory |
| Э$^Р$ | 772-89 | 1936 | Czechoslovakia | ЧКД |
| СО$^м$17 | 1-2657 | 1934 | USSR | Malyshev Factory |
| Э$^У$ | 705-74 | 1930 | USSR | JSC Michurinsky Locomotive Plant Milorem |
| ФД20 | 2849 | 1932 | USSR | |
| ЛВ | 0487 | 1956 | USSR | Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant |
| П36 | 0250 | 1946 | USSR | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
| ТЭ52 | 5200 | 1943 | Nazi Germany | Fablok |

### Diesel Locomotives

| Class | № | Year Built | Country of Origin | Builder |
| ТГК2 | 2245 | 1962 | USSR | Kambarka Engineering Works |
| ТГМ23В | 1654 | 1956 | USSR | |
| ТГМ1 | 1681 | 1966 | USSR | |
| ТГМ3 | 1156 | 1956 | USSR | Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant |
| Д$^а$ | 31 | 1945 | United States | ALCO |
| ТЭ2 | 025 | 1951 | USSR | Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant |
| ЧМЭ3 | 4115 | 1964 | Czechoslovakia | ЧКД |
| 2ТЭ10В | 3928 | 1975 | USSR | Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant |
| ТЭМ2 | 2558 | 1962 | USSR | Bryansk Machine-Building Plant |
| 2ТЭ10Л | 254 | 1962 | USSR | Voroshilovgrad Locomotive works |
| ТЭ3 | (102—104) 61-06 | 1953 | USSR | Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant |
| ТЭП60 | 105-108 1081—2090 | 1961 | USSR | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
| ТЭП70 | 70-0008-1774 | 1973 | USSR | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
| ТЭП10 «Стрела» | 10-126 | 1964 | USSR | Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant |
| ТЭ1 | 20-068 | 1947 | USSR | Kharkiv Transport Engineering Plant |
| ТУ7 | 3143 | | USSR | Kambarka Engineering Works |
| ТУ | 0544 | | USSR | Kambarka Engineering Works |
| ТУ 7а | 3142 | | USSR | Kambarka Engineering Works |
| ТУ 2 | 064 | | USSR | Kambarka Engineering Works |

### Electric Locomotives

| Class | № | Year Built | Country of Origin | Builder |
| ВЛ22$^м$ | 374 | 1950 | USSR | Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant |
| ВЛ60К | 157 | 1956 | USSR | Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant |
| ЭР2 | 1270 | 1981 | USSR | Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca |

### Maintenance-of-Way Equipment

| Class | № | Year Built | Country of Origin | Builder |
| Автодрезина АГВ | 211 | 1971 | USSR | Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant |
| Автодрезина ДГ$^{ку}$ | 134 | 1975 | USSR | Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant |
| Автодрезина АГ$^{му}$ | 5887 | 1959 | USSR | Tikhoretsky Machine-Building Plant |
| Автомотриса АС1$^а$ | 2134 | 1964 | USSR | Velikiy Lukomotiv Locomotive Plant |
| Грейферный кран МК | 6 | 1930 | USSR | Lviv Locomotive Repair Plant |
| Прицеп УП-2 | 2989 | 1972 | | |
| Рельсосварочная машина | РСМ3 | 1974 | | |
| Путестроительный кран | ДЖ-45 | 1937 | USSR | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
| Выправочно-подбивоотделочная ВПО | 3000 | 1962 | | |
| Шпалопобивочная машина | 001 | 1961 | USSR | Kirov Machine Works |
| Снегоочиститель | СДП-216 | 1949 | | |
| Двухосный вагон | САЗ 5000 | 1946 | |
| Платформа грузовая (думпкар) | ЦНИИ 959738 | 1959 | |

### Passenger Equipment

| Photo | Class | № | Year Built | Country of Origin | Builder |
| | Двухпалубный вагон с куполом обзора | САЗ 4000 | 1965 | USSR | CJSC VAGONMASH |
| | Межобластной вагон | | 1976 | Polish People's Republic | Завод Цегельского город Познань |