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 4rail.net - Reference - Rolling stock - 2TE116 / 2??116    

The 2TE116 was probably the most successful locomotive made in Russia during the late Soviet period. While the C44 rules in the Wset, the 2Te116 was equivalent for the East. 
     
Although years have passed, you will still find 2Te116 locomotives on a number of countries on the 1520 mm (5 ft) gauge area. Huge double diesels are an impressive sight and hard to miss anywhere where they are used. The configurations of the unit are Te116, 2Te116 and 3Te116, although what you will find is 99% the 2Te116 variant. Some units are rebuilt (most with M letter at the end of the type plate), but curiously in a worse shape than their original condition sisters.    
 


Picture: Transoil 2Te116, number 696 is a typical specimen of the type, here seen near Tallinn waiting for new assignments. This unit was built in 1981 in Russia.   

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 Technical details
Type: 2Te116   
Usage: Heavy road freight locomotive.
Builder: Lugansk
Production dates: 1971 to current
Numbers built: 1700+ , remaining units unknown  
Gauge: 1524 mm (5 ft)
 
Users: Eesti Raudtee EVR, Rzd, Spacecom, Transoil, ...
Seen: Russia, Estonia, Ukraine, probably much of the ex. Eastern Europe.

Energy Source: Diesel fuel   
Engine: Kolomna type 1A-5D49 V16, 4 stroke ; later units
1A-5D49-2
Power output: 2 x 2250 kW (6030 Hp) at 1000 rpm      
Transmission: Diesel electric AC/DC
Alternator: AC, type ?   
Traction motors: DC,
ETM type ED-107A, 12 x 305kW, later types ED-118A, ED-118B, ED-118D and ED-125B 
Tractive Effort:
399 kN  start / 248 kN at 24km/h
Wheel arrangement:  Co-Co + Co-Co
 
Wheel diameter: 1050 mm

Maximum operational speed where possible:  100 km/h (62 mph) 
 

Length:
 18,15m 
Heigth:
Width:    
 

Weight:  138 metric tons x 2  
Axle weight max: 23 tons 


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 Roster list
Given some time this list will include pictures of about 100 of the 2Te116s built.
     
 2Te116 number 089
RzD 2Te116 number 089 in Narva Estonia
Picture: An RzD monster 2Te116 number 089 of the early production smokes forward to cross the border to Russia from Narva Estonia. Picture by Ilkka Siissalo 2008. 
   
     
 Transoil 2Te116 number 0586     

Picture: A Transoil 2Te116 number 0586 of earlier production (without the additional blower behind the cab or the crew airconditioning) seen here at Kehra Estonia blowing sand and accelerating after passing the busy passenger platform. Pictures above and below by Sally McKey 2009. 
Transoil 2Te166 number 0586 in Kehra Estonia
     
     
 Trainsoil 2Te116 number 0696       
Transoil 2Te116 number 0635 in Narva Estonia
Picture: Transoil 2Te116 number 0635 in the October rain on the tip of an empty oil can train waiting for crossing over the border river to Russia. Picture by John McKey 2007. 
     
     
 Transoil 2Te116 number 0696       
Transoil 2Te116 monster locomotive in Estonia east of Talliinn
Picture: A Transoil 2Te116 number 0696 pictured east of Tallinn after leaving a train of oil cans. Picture by John McKey 2007. 
   
     
 Transoil 2Te116 number 0700       
Transoil 2Te116 in Muuga near Tallinn Estonia waiting for assignments
Picture: A Transoil 2Te116 number 0700 idling near Muuga harbor before new assignments. The locomotive has just filled its own oil tanks with diesel.  Pictures by John McKey 2009.  Finally it backs up to pick up tens of Russian oil cars.



   
     
 RzD 2Te116 number 1020   
RzD 2Te116 number 1020 in Imatra Finland
Picture: An RzD 2Te116 running with empties all (every one of them) vents open from Imatra Finland across the border to Russia. Exporting wood has been in deep decline due to the punishment tariffs of Russia for raw materials and the Russian forestry industry has been reported a 70% decline from 2008 to 2009! Even then some wood is transported across the border.  Picture by John McKey 2009.  
     
     
 RzD 2Te116 number 1566  
RzD 2Te116 number 1566 in Imatra Finland
Picture: Another one of the numerous 2Te116s of the mighty Russian RzD. This unit is pulling pulpwood cars around 10 miles in the Finnish soil in Imatra. The cars will be left there, sorted out by Finnish VR-Yhtyma and pulled to one of the numerous paper mills in the area. Picture by Ilkka Siissalo 2008.
     
     
 2Te116 number 1667  

Sillamäe Sadam 2Te116 number 1667
Picture: A truly unusal finding, the Sillamäe Sadam (Estonia) 2Te116 number 1667 seems totally out of place for such a small sea port. It is possible this unit is currently back in another companies colors as the need for such a high horse power solution seems unlikely for the use. Picture by Ilkka Siissalo 2007.  
   
     
 2Te116 number 1678    
Transoil 2Te116 number 1678 in Narva
Picture: A Transoil 2Te116 number 1678 is one of the commonly seen locomotives transporting mainly oil from Russia to Estonian port of Muuga (near Tallinn). Notice the additional structures above the cab (like air condintioning) well visible from this angle. Picture by Ilkka Siissalo 2008.  
      
     
 Spacecom 2Te116 number 1698    
Spacecom 2Te116 number 1698 in Estonia
Picture: A Spacecom 2te116 number 1698 in Estonia. Spacecom applied for a license to operate into Finland as well, but since Russia is not part of the European Union, the Russian company was not given permission for otherwise lucrative markets.  Picture by Ilkka Siissalo 2007.
       
 
     
   
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If you were interested in 2Te116, you might find these links useful as well: 
 
 Tep70 (similar, but single, locomotive for the passenger use)...   

Sources: Jane's Train recognition guide 2005, Soviet Locomotive Types, the Union Legacy, The Web, ...
 


Click the pictures to see a larger version!

Transoil 2Te116 number 635 in Narva Estonia making a stop in a heavy rain before crossing the border at the point of a long train.


Design was definitely not one of the strengths in the Soviet Union, here the ugly face of the 2Te116 number 696.    


Spacecoms 2Te116's always seem to glide past so fast it's hard to catch one with a camera. The busy 2Te116 number 1050 was seen outside Tallinn after escorting a train near Muuga harbor in Estonia.     


 
     
 
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