Locomotive with gas turbine engine "Gazoturbovoz GT1-001".
Gazoturbovoz GT1 — contemporary Russian locomotive with gas turbine engine. It uses an electric transfer: gas turbine engine that runs on liquefied natural gas, is connected to the generator. Electric power supplied to the motors, which lead locomotive in motion.
Locomotive designed for operation on non-electrified sections of railways.
Power locomotive of 8.3 thousand kW, which is the largest value for this type of locomotive in the world.
RZhD (Russian Railway) results following the tested models: up to 100 km/h, one filling is enough for 750 km, the fuel — compressed natural gas. Locomotive was demonstrated at the exhibition "Innotrans-2008" in Berlin.
Development began in December 2006 after the signing of an agreement between Russian Railways and Samara Scientific-Technical Complex named ND Kuznetsova, who created the gas turbine engine NK-361 and power unit of locomotive.
In 2007, manufactured on the basis of experimental locomotive electric VL15-008. The turbines are made in Samara, build a locomotive made in Yekaterinburg.
July 4, 2008 — GT1-001 for the first time held a cargo of. Load was equal to 3 tons. Test took place at the "Kinel—Zhigulevskoe Sea" Kuibyshev Railway. Planned that the first locomotive be used in areas of Siberia, where there are large reserves of natural gas.
December 22, 2008 — locomotive GT1-001 for the first time held a cargo weight of 10 thousand tons (116 wagons).
January 23, 2009 — locomotive GT1-001 for the first time held a cargo weight of 15 thousand tons (159 wagons).
Source: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Газотурбовоз_ГТ1
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