The locomotive EP20

The locomotive that is fresh and very modern: back in 2011 it was shown at the exhibition EXPO-1520 as a promising; In December 2012, the railways Russia came first production locomotive, and now there are about fifty rivet and continue to bake as fresh pies. Constructed in Novocherkassk, dedicated passenger and is designed for speeds up to 200 km / h. There are also more powerful with the initial driving force but less speed modification to 160.

Let's take a little closer to meet him.
20 photo.

Passenger locomotive EP20 Station Nizhny Novgorod.





2. Front view. Now with electric peretseplyaetsya tail of the head.
Slightly Performance:

Weight - 129 tons
Length - 22, 55 m
Maximum height - 5, 1 m (with lowered collectors)
Formula chassis - 2O-2O-2O
The load of the driving axles on the track - 21, 5 ton
Smallest radius curves passable - 125 m
Power hour mode on the shafts of traction motors - not less than 7200 kW
Continuous power - 6600 kW
Heating power cars - up to 1200 kW
Operation at temperatures up to -50 °



3. This where I drove 442 miles to Moscow, has an index of 007 and is made in the past year:
He walks a lot now where and rapidly implemented on different lines, such as:
Moscow - St. Petersburg (with train "Nevsky Express»).
Moscow - Helsinki (with train "Leo Tolstoy" to the station. Vainikkala).
Moscow - Rostov-on-Don
Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod (soon to be nominally train ride with "Swift" at the Talgo, instead of "Peregrine Falcon»)
Moscow - Bryansk
Rostov - Krasnodar - Novorossiysk
Moscow - Minsk

Planned another series of directions (Lipetsk, Petrozavodsk, Saratov), ​​the series is built quickly, the order for 224 pieces.



4. Bezbandazhnye wheels with a diameter of 1250 mm. Declared yield - 1 million. Km



5. coupler, brake hoses. Flashlights - LED.



6. Climb aboard. As the locomotive single-section, the passage from the cockpit to the cabin is extremely simple.



7. ...



8. Cover the cooling fan of TED.



9. Is there on board the locomotive and latrine Behold this door where the handle is visible.



10. Though he is not as high tech as on a submarine, but also with its management and requires careful technical relations. And do not just need the right as a train station.



11. Go back.



12. The door to the cabin.

In principle, there is introduced a lot of innovations for all domestic w / d:

Modular control cab with climate control
Bezbandazhnaya Wheelset with resource rim over 1 million km
Microprocessor control, diagnostics and safety, including automatic driving device
Astatic speed control mode of traction and braking
The converter's own needs with capacity control and soft start fans and compressors
The modular assembly of pneumatic and electrical systems
Individual brake units with automatic parking brake
Ventilation system - individual with capacity control

From personal experiences on the trip most memorable two features:

a) extremely smooth change of power in both directions, without stepped pull is enough as to VL85
b) moderately quiet, somehow not so hoarsely howling at some modes - as VL80 example; something is arranged differently



13. Controls.

Driving position (as you probably remember, the driver on the w / d is always right - even on the train, though, the locomotive).



14. Closer, locomotive speedometer and brake lights.



15. ...



16. Workplace his assistant left.



17. Radio station.



18. The integrated display system status. Shows even catenary voltage (top right - we are now, as we see, on the break).



19. And this has real time control. Machinist gets under way from the station Nizhny Novgorod.



20. An interesting detail: the locomotive pantograph two different for each kind of current. Look, here raised "permanent" (Moscow-Kursk it), and in the photo №1-2 - «variable" (Nizhny Novgorod).

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