European Railroad Discussion > Opposed piston action in Latvia

Sunday was the one day of our long weekend in Latvia dedicated to railfanning. We headed east along the Daugava River as far as Krustpils. Approaching Krustpils late morning was the third freight of the day, empty oil tanks headed by a 2TE10U, complete with pair of Fairbanks-Morse derived Khar'kov 10 cyl OP engines.

Note the extra large span bolster equipped eight axle tanks mid train, blue tank onwards.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/17 01:49 by 86235.

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Very nice ! Thank you for sharing !!!:):):)

Are those units turbocharged?

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> Are those units turbocharged?

Yes - my reference book says they are Khar'kov 10D100M1 or M2 10-cyl turbocharged OP engines.

Like the FM sound. Its been many years since I have heard it trackside. Thanks for posting.

As an aside, FM diesels were well liked in marine use. That to a degree hastened the demise of FM units here in the US. The diesel engines themselves became worth more than the complete units so there was an incentive to extract and sell the engines from FM units while scrapping the rest.

ALLEN

Nice!