LM-400.00

 

 

The sole built LM-400.00, photographed at the Kabaty depot on January 12. 2013, by someone who wants to be known as Paramaciej. Source: www.commons.wikimedia.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1859 Stargard-Posener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft founded railway stock repair works in Stargard (now Stargard Szczeciński) in Western Pomerania, which later grew up to become a large industrial establishment, second in the region only to Vulcan shipyard. In 1945 they were taken over by PKP and re-named ZNTK Stargard. Apart from repairing locomotives and rolling stock, they also built railcars (type 15WM, 555 examples in all) and various machines for track works, like tampers, track layers or lining machines. ZNTK Stargard went bankrupt in 2000 and was later transformed into Zakład Pojazdów Szynowych (ZPS – Rail Vehicle Works), a division of Warsaw-based company.

In 2012 ZPS delivered a single two-axle switcher designed and built for Warsaw underground. Designated LM-400.00 (LM stands for ‘lokomotywa manewrowa’, or switching locomotive), it is powered by a Caterpillar C15 diesel engine rated at 545 hp and fitted with hydraulic transmission. LM-400.00 has been designed for the underground vehicle gauge and features angular body with characteristic, triangle-shaped engine cover. It is based at the Warszawa Kabaty depot. In theory, this type could find a more widespread use, as a replacement for older and obsolete medium-power switchers. Until now, however, no more orders have followed.

 

Main technical data

 

No.

Parameter

Unit

Value

1.

Years of manufacture

-

2012

2.

Total built / used in Poland

-

1 / 1

3.

Axle arrangement

-

Bo

4.

Transmission type

-

hydraulic

5.

Design maximum speed

km/h

40

6.

Prime mover type

-

Caterpillar C15

7.

Engine rating

kW/hp

400 / 545

8.

Bore X stroke

mmXmm

137 X 171

9.

Number of cylinders

-

6

10.

Number of electric engines

-

-

11.

Rated output of electric engines

kW

-

12.

Main reduction gear ratio

-

13.

Diameter of drivers

mm

920

14.

Total weight

kg

34 300

15.

Axle load

T

17.15

16.

Axle base

mm

4 401

17.

Overall length

mm

8 990

18.

Maximum width

mm

2 810

19.

Train heating

-

-

20.

Brake type

-

Knorr

 

 

References and acknowledgments

 

-        www.kolejowaklatka.org (website by Marek Dąbrowski);

-        www.mtrzps.com.pl (ZTS website);

-        www.pl.wikipedia.org.