Kambarka Engineering Works
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| Company type | PLC |
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| Industry | Rail vehicle manufacturing |
| Founded | 1767 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Locomotives and rolling stock |
| Website | www.zavod-kmz.ru |
Kambarka Engineering Works - Full name: Open Joint Stock Company «Kambarka Engineering Works» (Russian: КМЗ or Камбарский машиностроительный завод; Udmurt: Камбар машина лэсьтонъя завод). A rolling stock manufacturer, located in the city of Kambarka (Udmurt), Russia.
History of the factory
[edit]Construction of an iron work started in 1761 and opened in 1767. The foundry produced up to 60,000 tons[which?] of iron per year. In 1950 the company shifted its focus towards railway technology.
Products
[edit]The companies product range consists of rolling stock, work trains for track maintenance and spare parts, primarily for narrow gauge railways with the track gauge between 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in). Produced for: Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland,[1] Bulgaria,[2] Slovakia,[3] Argentina, Vietnam,[4] Cambodia,[5] Cuba,[6] Mali, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan,[7] Guinea-Bissau.
Main products
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Diesel locomotives
[edit]- TU4 (1961–1972)
- TU5 (1967–1973)
- TU6 (1968–1971)
- TU6A (1973–1988)
- TU6SPA (1980 - 1993 - today)
- TU7 (1970 - 1986)
- TU7A (1986 - 2009 - today)
- TU8G (1988 - today)
- TU8P (1988 - today)
- TU8 (1988 - today)
- TU10 (2010 - today)
- TGM40 (1,520 mm or 4 ft 11+27⁄32 in and
1,435 mm or 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in standard gauge, 1982 - today) - TU7 - 1698 Track gauge now 603mm/1ft 11.75in - running on Brecon Mountain Railway in South Wales today on preservation line/tourist attraction [8]
Passenger cars
[edit]- Passenger car
- Sleeping car
- Hospital car
- Dining car (also executive)
- Railway post office
Railroad freight cars
[edit]Other
[edit]- Mobile power stations - TU6SPA
- Railway crane
- Work train
- Snowplow
- LD24
Gallery of products
[edit]- Products of the Kambarka Engineering Works
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New Generation TU8 -
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Railway crane SPA Cran -
Open wagon for peat TSV6A -
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See also
[edit]References and sources
[edit]- ^ TGM40 in Poland (Polish language)
- ^ Series 81 (TU7E) in Bulgarien (English language)
- ^ "TU7E (706.9) in Slovensko (English language)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ TU7E diesel locomotives in Vietnam (English language)
- ^ TU8Р diesel locomotives in Vietnam (English language)
- ^ TU7E diesel locomotives in Cuba (English language) Archived 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TU8P diesel locomotive in Uzbekistan (Russian language)
- ^ Brecon Mountain Railway
External links
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- Official website Kambarka Engineering Works (in Russian)
- Official Kambarka Engineering Works Facebook (in Russian)
- Series locomotive TU7 / modifications (in Russian)
- Modernization of the children's railway (in Russian)