TU8P

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	B'B'
Gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) to; 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Wheel diameter	600 mm (23.62 in)
Minimum curve	40 m (131.23 ft)
Length	9,730 mm (383+1⁄8 in)
Width	2,300 mm (90+1⁄2 in)
Height	2,290 mm (90+1⁄8 in)
Axle load	4 metric tons (4.4 short tons; 3.9 long tons)
Loco weight	16 metric tons (17.6 short tons; 15.7 long tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Prime mover	ЯМЗ-236М
Engine type	V-shaped
Transmission	mechanical

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel
Builder	Kambarka Engineering Works
Build date	1988 - present

TU8P
TU8P
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel
Builder	Kambarka Engineering Works
Build date	1988 - present
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	B'B'
Gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) to; 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Wheel diameter	600 mm (23.62 in)
Minimum curve	40 m (131.23 ft)
Length	9,730 mm (383+1⁄8 in)
Width	2,300 mm (90+1⁄2 in)
Height	2,290 mm (90+1⁄8 in)
Axle load	4 metric tons (4.4 short tons; 3.9 long tons)
Loco weight	16 metric tons (17.6 short tons; 15.7 long tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Prime mover	ЯМЗ-236М
Engine type	V-shaped
Transmission	mechanical
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	63 km/h (39 mph)
Power output	180 horsepower (130 kW)
Class
Career
Class	Russia - TU8P / (ТУ8П); Ukraine - TU8P / (ТУ8П); Uzbekistan - TU8P / (ТУ8П); Vietnam - TU6P

TU8P (ТУ8П) is a Soviet, later Russian diesel locomotive, railcar or draisine for gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).

History

The TU8P (ТУ8П) is used for passenger transport on narrow gauge railways. The TU8P was developed in 1987 - 1988 at the Kambarka Engineering Works to replace the ageing locomotive class TU6P (ТУ6П). The TU8P was designed to be used on any gauge from 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in). The cab is equipped with a heat-system, refrigerator, radio-set and air conditioning.^[1] The first diesel locomotive TU8P - № 0001 was delivered to the narrow gauge railway KSM-№2 with track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in), TU8P diesel locomotive № 0007, 0008, 0056, 0057 were built with track 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) for the Sakhalin Railway.^[2] The TU8P (TY6P) motor railcar currently used on the Vietnamese railway network.^[3] The diesel locomotive TU8P & series AMD-1 (АМД-1) are for railway track monitoring and inspection for the Russian railways with the track 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).^[4] The TU8P diesel locomotive № 0003 - 0004 were built for the Uzbekistan with the track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).^[5]