Ls1000

 

 

Ls1000-001 (ex SM42-2536), PTKiGK Rybnik, location and date unknown. Photo from my collection.

 

 

Ls1000-002, (ex SM42-2197), location unknown, May 11, 2004. Photo by Rafał Roskosz (from my collection).

 

 

Two more photos from my collection, taken by Mariusz Niżyniec at the Jankowice colliery: Ls1000-002, July 5, 2008…

 

 

… and Ls1000-001, March 15, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SM42 (factory type 6D) is the most numerous locomotive type built in Poland. Designed by Fablok as a medium switcher and light freight locomotive, it remained in production between 1964 and 1992, with over 1800 examples built. SM42s were delivered both to PKP and to industrial operators. Many of them still remain in use, but obviously have become obsolete. This refers mainly to the prime mover: a8C22 diesel engine is, by current standards, heavy and uneconomical, and of course does not comply with latest emission regulations. Since mid-1990s several modernization packages have been proposed, all including installation of a new diesel engine.

In 1996 ZNTK Piła repair works (now PESA) rebuilt SM42-039 for PKP, with new MTU engine and AC main generator (plus several minor modifications). Re-numbered SM42-2000 (type 6Dc), this conversion, although successful, remained a single example. PTKiGK Rybnik sand railways, who had a considerable fleet of these engines, implemented a more advanced program, not only involving prime mover (this time 1065 hp MTU 8V396 TC14), AC main generator (LSG-850-90, supplied by Dolmel Drives, a division of ABB) and minor improvements, but also changing external appearance. New high-rpm diesel engine is much lighter (2.52 instead of 7.4 tonnes) and specific fuel consumption is lower by almost 9%. Modernized machine, designated type 6Dd (or Ls1000), has a modified body, with driver’s cab shifted forward and accessible directly from footplates. Cab equipment has been substantially upgraded, which has improved crew working conditions. Modernization of the first example (SM42-2536, s/n 10267/1979, which became Ls1000-001) at the company’s own workshops was completed in March 1999, second one (SM42-2197, s/n 8612/1973, Ls1000-002) followed three years later. No more conversions were ordered. In 2007 a major part of the PTKiGK Rybnik shares was purchased by PCC Rail, a division of German PCC SE holding. In 2010 the company was absorbed by DB Schenker Rail Polska. Ls1000-001 was sold to a private DLA operator in February 2013; in 2018 it was sold again, this time to a leasing company. Ls1000-002 is still operated by DB Cargo Polska, the successor of DB Schenker Rail Polska.

 

Main technical data

 

No.

Parameter

Unit

Value

1.

Years of manufacture

-

1999 – 20021)

2.

Total built / used in Poland

-

2 / 22)

3.

Axle arrangement

-

Bo’Bo’

4.

Transmission type

-

electric

5.

Design maximum speed

km/h

90

6.

Prime mover type

-

MTU 8V396 TC14

7.

Engine rating

kW/hp

783 / 1065

8.

Bore x stroke

mm x mm

165 x 185

9.

Number of cylinders

-

8

10.

Number of electric engines

-

4 x LSa-430

11.

Rated output of electric engines

kW

4 x 173

12.

Main reduction gear ratio

-

13.

Diameter of drivers

mm

1100

14.

Total weight

kg

70 000

15.

Axle load

T

17.5

16.

Axle base

mm

10 100

17.

Overall length

mm

14 240

18.

Maximum width

mm

3 160

19.

Train heating

-

-

20.

Brake type

-

Oerlikon

 

1)      Conversions.

2)      Rebuilt from SM42s.

 

References and acknowledgments

 

-       SK (various issues);

-       LSPP, AL;

-       www.fablok.com.pl;

-       www.ilostan.forumkolejowe.pl.