The museum collection contains a model of the ‘Pobeda’ locomotive, which was produced from 1945 to 1955. ‘Pobeda’ is a Soviet mainline freight locomotive of the 1-5-0 type. It was jointly developed by the Kolomna Plant and the All-Russian Research Institute of Railway Transport under the direction of designer Lev Lebedyansky and academician Sergei Syromyatnikov at the end of World War II.
As early as 1942, a turning point in fighting became apparent on certain sections of the front — the advance of German troops and their allies along them became impossible. Therefore, the authorities decided to return and rebuild many factories, including the locomotive building ones. Among them was the Kolomensky Zavod, most of whose buildings had been destroyed by German air strikes Before the restoration work, it was necessary to decide which locomotives would be produced at this plant.
At the beginning of 1944, it became necessary to develop and create new types of freight locomotives for post-war development. A commission chaired by Syromyatnikov was created at the plant especially for this purpose.
The volume of cargo transportation was growing, and the designers were faced with the task of creating a sufficiently economical locomotive that could move along the entire railway network without slowing down. In addition, mass production had to be established in a short time. The commission chose locomotives of the 1-5-0 type with a coupling weight of 90 tons.
The People’s Commissariat of Railways held a competition and approved the project of the Kolomna Machine-Building Plant designers. On October 5, 1945, the first locomotive of the new design, which received the designation P-0001 (“Pobeda”, factory designation-P32), made the first journey from Kolomna to the Rybnoye station and back. Moreover, on the way back it pulled a train weighing 2,300 tons.
In the same year, the plant produced a second model-P-0002. Chief designer Lebedyansky and the entire team of engineers who took part in the development of a new freight locomotive were awarded the title of laureates of the Stalin Prize in 1947.
On January 14, 1947, in the Decree of the USSR Council of Ministers, the locomotive was given the serial designation L — after the name of the chief designer. Steam locomotives of the P series (with numbers 0001-0078, and 1001), which were released earlier, received the same designation.
The “Pobeda” locomotive became one of the best in mass production. More than 4,000 locomotives were produced over the entire time of its existence.
As early as 1942, a turning point in fighting became apparent on certain sections of the front — the advance of German troops and their allies along them became impossible. Therefore, the authorities decided to return and rebuild many factories, including the locomotive building ones. Among them was the Kolomensky Zavod, most of whose buildings had been destroyed by German air strikes Before the restoration work, it was necessary to decide which locomotives would be produced at this plant.
At the beginning of 1944, it became necessary to develop and create new types of freight locomotives for post-war development. A commission chaired by Syromyatnikov was created at the plant especially for this purpose.
The volume of cargo transportation was growing, and the designers were faced with the task of creating a sufficiently economical locomotive that could move along the entire railway network without slowing down. In addition, mass production had to be established in a short time. The commission chose locomotives of the 1-5-0 type with a coupling weight of 90 tons.
The People’s Commissariat of Railways held a competition and approved the project of the Kolomna Machine-Building Plant designers. On October 5, 1945, the first locomotive of the new design, which received the designation P-0001 (“Pobeda”, factory designation-P32), made the first journey from Kolomna to the Rybnoye station and back. Moreover, on the way back it pulled a train weighing 2,300 tons.
In the same year, the plant produced a second model-P-0002. Chief designer Lebedyansky and the entire team of engineers who took part in the development of a new freight locomotive were awarded the title of laureates of the Stalin Prize in 1947.
On January 14, 1947, in the Decree of the USSR Council of Ministers, the locomotive was given the serial designation L — after the name of the chief designer. Steam locomotives of the P series (with numbers 0001-0078, and 1001), which were released earlier, received the same designation.
The “Pobeda” locomotive became one of the best in mass production. More than 4,000 locomotives were produced over the entire time of its existence.
