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Today I would speak about one of HST projects, the RT-200
the trainset, designed to speed 200km/h (125mph), named Russian Triple (Русская Тройка)
It will be done, thanks to models by Sergey Rebrov and Alexandr Popov, as well as Alexandr Alexandrov's route.
We are waiting for train to arrive at Petrozavodsk station. There is some inconsistency with electrification system, but let's leave it aside.
As the train approaches, let's see it's history briefly:
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On January 10 1973, the first carriage of the "Russian Troika" came out of the gates of the Kalininsky (now city Tver) car factory and went to the test site. The first tests of the RT-200 car were carried out in June-August 1973 on the Leningrad-Chudovo section of the Oktyabrskaya Railway, as part of a special train with an electric locomotive CHS2M and with the participation of two coverage-cars of the CMV type (whole-metal boxcar). The train made six trips, maintaining a maximum speed of 210 km/h. On September 10 1973, the first tests of a seven-car trainset were carried out, and on September 18, the "Russian Troika" made an experimental ride from Leningrad to Moscow.
Two years later, a whole high-speed train came out of the walls of the Kalininsky plant, which included eight cars with rotary radio-seats of the airplane type, a bar car, a car with a service compartment&radio node. All carriages had fluorescent lighting and air conditioning systems.
Bogeys of the original design of the TSK-1 type (a high-speed trolley of the Kalininsky plant, the first model) rolled under the car. The central suspension was carried out using pneumatic diaphragm-type springs. The interbody under-carriage space was closed with a cowl-fairing. The cars were equipped with magnetorail and friction disc brakes with an anti-skid device.
On July 8, 1975, the train set off on its first ride with passengers. For 20 days of operation, it transported more than 6 thousand people.
The train did not have an official name and ran according to the schedule of train No.5 "Aurora". At 13:00 he departs the Moscowsky railway terminus in Leningrad and at 18:43 arrived at the Leningradsky railway terminus in Moscow. In the future, until 1976, the train "Russian Troika" made flights every other day.
It was driven at first by an electric locomotive ChS2t. The train consisted of 8 passenger cars and one power station car (the last one was taken from Aurora trainset).
On June 26, 1976, driven by the electric locomotive CHS200, the consist of the "Russian Troika" reached a speed of 220 km/h.
Despite its popularity, the fate of the "Russian Troika" was a foregone conclusion. At that time, there was no serial high-speed locomotive for it, and the Soviet Union decided to bet on a high-speed (motor-car) EMU-train, the ER-200. After 1976, the RT-200 cars were no longer operated with passengers. After some time, the RT-200 was sent for repair and did not return to work.
On April 10, 1980, the last of the known rides of the "Russian Troika" took place, during which a study of the operation of the power station car, built in 1979 was conducted. The train was traveling without passengers and was coupled with an ordinary Aurora train. In 1980, all of its carriages were decommissioned. By the end of the 1980s, 8 out of 10 carriages were dismantled for scrap. The remaining 2 ones were transferred to Leningrad to the Warshawsky and Finlandsky railway stations, where they were made into video salons, and later used for various household needs. Currently, the remaining cars are registered at the Museum of Railway Transport at the Warsaw Railway Station.
Two years later, a whole high-speed train came out of the walls of the Kalininsky plant, which included eight cars with rotary radio-seats of the airplane type, a bar car, a car with a service compartment&radio node. All carriages had fluorescent lighting and air conditioning systems.
Bogeys of the original design of the TSK-1 type (a high-speed trolley of the Kalininsky plant, the first model) rolled under the car. The central suspension was carried out using pneumatic diaphragm-type springs. The interbody under-carriage space was closed with a cowl-fairing. The cars were equipped with magnetorail and friction disc brakes with an anti-skid device.
On July 8, 1975, the train set off on its first ride with passengers. For 20 days of operation, it transported more than 6 thousand people.
The train did not have an official name and ran according to the schedule of train No.5 "Aurora". At 13:00 he departs the Moscowsky railway terminus in Leningrad and at 18:43 arrived at the Leningradsky railway terminus in Moscow. In the future, until 1976, the train "Russian Troika" made flights every other day.
It was driven at first by an electric locomotive ChS2t. The train consisted of 8 passenger cars and one power station car (the last one was taken from Aurora trainset).
On June 26, 1976, driven by the electric locomotive CHS200, the consist of the "Russian Troika" reached a speed of 220 km/h.
Despite its popularity, the fate of the "Russian Troika" was a foregone conclusion. At that time, there was no serial high-speed locomotive for it, and the Soviet Union decided to bet on a high-speed (motor-car) EMU-train, the ER-200. After 1976, the RT-200 cars were no longer operated with passengers. After some time, the RT-200 was sent for repair and did not return to work.
On April 10, 1980, the last of the known rides of the "Russian Troika" took place, during which a study of the operation of the power station car, built in 1979 was conducted. The train was traveling without passengers and was coupled with an ordinary Aurora train. In 1980, all of its carriages were decommissioned. By the end of the 1980s, 8 out of 10 carriages were dismantled for scrap. The remaining 2 ones were transferred to Leningrad to the Warshawsky and Finlandsky railway stations, where they were made into video salons, and later used for various household needs. Currently, the remaining cars are registered at the Museum of Railway Transport at the Warsaw Railway Station.
Source article of Wikipedia
