Soviet Steamliners

[Lone Cat]

Not only free-world has steam-powered streamliner trains in 1930s. Soviets also joined the streamlined consists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-lINmZnNBc

Very few examples. all were shrouded steamliners that able to break the 160 Kilometers per hour speeds (it's possible in a wide Russian gauge), the first one was actually 2-8-4 Berkshire with Zephyr-style streamlined shroud (just like generic Steamliners), the other one is basically late NYC Hudson. this one is faster... reaching the speeds of 170 Km/h (but the actual revenue service is slower!). From what i've seen in the clip. It appears that Soviet Streamliners were closely copied New York Central ones.

http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blo ... -30-soviet

Too bad Soviet steamliner projects began VERY late. second world war wrecked all steamlining projects. But ... Nice try ;)




^ Does this looks like Comodore Vanderbilt and Rexall Hudson?

[RulerofRails]

Thanks for sharing. Good links. Even if they copied Western designs, kudos to them for trying.

[Altoona+BeachCreek]

I've always had a rightful appreciation of Soviet innovation and creativity. One of my favorite steam locomotives, and one of the best looking ones, is the p series semistreamlined northern.

[Lone Cat]

^ Semistreamlining? if frontal boiler has conical lit it will be Soviet daylight.

[RulerofRails]

I am not an authority on this, but I believe there is a considerable size difference between the Daylight and P36. See http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 81&start=0 for sizes of the P36 and other world 4-8-4s. That is not to say that visually there are similarities though. From the picture Altoona posted it is easy to see that the boiler of the P36 is smaller by how much room is above the smaller driving wheels.

[RayofSunshine]

It seems like the Russians have copied a lot of other country's products, especially the US. Not that we have an exclusion to those products, but none the less, but "copiers". Engines and planes.

However, they have used these products to help bolster their economy and their some what life styles. But for the info of interest, to know what is happening in other countries.