Indeed, few museums have such exhibits. Tanks, cannons, howitzers, trucks, self-propelled guns are somehow more familiar. Plus, the sizes are also suitable. And yet they were not the only ones who won wars. Locomotives were, perhaps, not so noticeable, but, nevertheless, a very significant component of any army.
Moreover, losing the battle due to a lack of tanks or weapons is likely. But losing the battle without starting it due to the lack of steam locomotives is no less logical. For it was with their help that tanks and guns could get from the factory to the front line. In some countries the size of a handkerchief, maybe it would be different. But not in ours.
In Brest, opposite the main entrance to the Brest Fortress, there is a small museum. And there … I would say, there is the maximum concentration of horsepower per square meter of the museum area. However, judge for yourself.
Entrance to the museum. Neatly so. And right after the entrance, the exhibition begins.
To begin with, we will show you all the little things, and we will leave the most delicious for dessert.
Motorcycle tires TD-5. The smallest exhibit in the museum's collection.
Motor car AC1A. Self-propelled carriage for official use.
Narrow-gauge diesel locomotive TU-2. Such diesel locomotives were used on children's railways. This one specifically worked in Minsk, and I watched his brother in Baku. The maximum speed is 50 km / h, the diesel power is 300 liters. with.
Snowplow SDPM. 1965 onwards, power about 2000 h.p.
Shunting diesel locomotive TGK-603. 1962 onwards Power 240 hp, speed up to 60 km / h. Weight 28 t.
Diesel locomotive M62, 1970 onwards, power 2000 hp, speed up to 100 km / h. Weight 116.5 t.
Diesel locomotive 2TE109. Power 3000 hp, speed up to 140 km / h, weight 120 tons.
Diesel train DR1. 1969 onwards, speed up to 120 km / h.
Diesel locomotive TEM15. Power 1200 hp, speed up to 100 km / h, weight 120 tons.
Actually, not a museum exhibit, its brethren are still plowing. And this one is cooling off …
Diesel locomotive TEZ. 1968 onwards, cargo, two-section. Power 4000 hp, speed up to 100 km / h, weight 252 tons.
Now let's move on to the main part.
Steam locomotive of the LV series. One of the last Soviet steam locomotives. Power 1660 hp, speed up to 85 km / h, weight 190 t.
Steam locomotive series FD20 ("Felix Dzerzhinsky"). 1936 onwards, power 3100 hp, speed up to 85 km / h, weight 135 tons. Produced from 1931 to 1941. Honored front-line soldier.
Steam locomotive of the TE series. German, which can be seen on the narrow track of the rails. TE - "Trophy, identical to the E series". Released in 1943, power 1400 hp, speed up to 80 km / h, weight 135 tons.
The type 52 steam locomotive, or BR 52, was developed in the first half of 1942 as a “military” steam locomotive. The main task of the designers was to create the cheapest and most technologically advanced and at the same time reliable and easy-to-maintain locomotive. At the same time, the possible duration of operation was allowed to be neglected: the estimated life of the locomotive was supposed to be about 5 years.
In total, during the war, about 2,200 such steam locomotives, which were operated on the railways in the 1940s and 1970s, were at the disposal of the USSR as trophies and for reparations.
Another German, but already converted to our track. Russified.
Steam locomotive P36. 1956 onwards The last Soviet mainline steam locomotive. Power 3000 hp, speed up to 125 km / h, empty weight 186 tons.
Hulk. Wheel diameter 185 cm.
Steam locomotive of the Kch-4 series. Skoda, 1947 Power 200 HP, speed up to 50 km / h, weight 106 tons.
Tank steam locomotive series 9P. 1953 onwards, power 320 hp, speed up to 35 km / h, weight 53 tons.
A tank does not mean that there is a cannon. This means that there is no tender for coal. It is replaced by a relatively small box. Shunting engine.
Steam locomotive P32 "Victory". 1946 onwards, power 2200 hp, speed up to 80 km / h, weight 132 tons.
Steam locomotive of the SO series ("Sergo Ordzhonikidze"). 1948 onwards, power 2100 hp, speed up to 70 km / h, weight 130 tons.
Steam locomotive of the Su series. 1948 onwards Power 1560 hp, speed up to 115 km / h, weight 120 tons. Produced from 1924 to 1951. Our "workhorse" of the war years.
Service (staff) carriage with a study.
Covered two-axle freight car 1915 (!) "Teplushka". Also an honored participant of the front-line roads.
Even with a stove inside.
This incomprehensible structure is a pneumatic coal loader.
Coach.
Steam cock PK6. A miracle of technology!
Year of release - 1956, but this was produced before the war. Loading capacity 6 tons, boom radius from 5 to 10 m.
Here, apparently, they missed the word "hands".
I went inside one of the exhibits, following the excursion. Everything is complicated and incomprehensible there.
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Here's a museum …
All heroes of war and labor are listed separately.
In general, the mass of impressions from the traversed 1,500 meters of canvas with exhibits. Power and beauty.
