Ty2 / Ty42 - a German cargo locomotive (standardized series 52), built massively in many European factories (in Germany and occupied countries, including Poland) in the years 1942-1945, also known as the German Kriegslokomotive war locomotive.
The task of this simplified, cheaper production and reliable locomotive was to serve railway routes in the territories captured by the Third Reich in the east. Therefore, the locomotives of this series had excellent thermal insulation and axle load not exceeding 15 tons, thanks to which they could move on lines with poor or temporarily repaired pavement. After the defeat of the Third Reich, 1206 steam locomotives of this series started working on the Polish State Railways. In 1962, due to the lack of locomotives, Poland was forced to buy 220 machines from the USSR. 200 of them were incorporated into PKP, and 20 purchased PMP PW Katowice. PKP steam locomotives received the designation Ty2-1207 to 1406. PMP PW steam locomotives were running with German numbers. From 1945 to the end of steam traction it was the largest series of steam locomotives in Poland. 54 steam locomotives from this series have survived in Poland today to 14 steam engines from the Ty42 series, including two active ones: Ty42-107 [1] in the open-air museum in Chabówka and Ty42-24 [2]. Open-air museum in Pyskowice.
During the start-up, Ty2 / 42 developed a maximum tractive force of just over 17,000 kg. Fired with a better coal type, it could pull freight warehouses with a weight of 620 tons at a speed of 80 km / h or 1700 t - 50 km / h. In mountainous areas on an elevation of 20 ‰ he could pull such compositions, but with a mass of 190 tons at a speed of 40 km / h.
This steam locomotive was used to haul passenger trains, where a train with a mass of approx. 130 tons, consisting of 2 and 3-axle wagons, could climb 25 ‰, at a speed of up to 40 km / h.
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