Foreign M62s

 

‘Gagarin’ is one of my favorite locomotives. I can’t resist the temptation to include several pictures of foreign M62s.

 

ST44_6

 

M62-1535, Byelorussian railways BCh, photographed near Siemianówka, Poland, on Septemper 21, 2003.

 

ST44_32

 

Four photographs by Marek Graff (thanks for permission!): two M62s from BCh with M62-1722 in front, Brest, July 1, 2006...

 

ST44_33

 

... and 2M62-0074, BCh, photographed on the same occasion;

 

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2M62-1191, UkrZaliznyza, Rava Russka, August 28, 2006....

 

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... and M62-1603, UkrZaliznyza, photographed on the same occasion (it must have been a rainy day!).

 

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Another visit to Siemianówka: Byelorussian 2M62-0971, photographed on July 26, 2009.

 

 ST44_90

 

 120 128-4 from the DR fleet, photographed in Halberstadt in August 1978. Photo by Helmut Constabel (from my collection).

 

ST44_94

 

 North Korean No. 638, Pyongyang depot, January 23, 2004. Photo by Alexandre Gillieron (from my collection).

 

 

DR 120 366-0, preserved at the Traditionsbetriebswerk Strassfurt. Photo by someone known as Rainerhaufe (source: www.commons.wikimedia.org).

 

 

A lineup of three M62Ums from Mongolian State Railways fleet, headed by M62UM-007; Ulaanbaatar depot, September 15, 2006. Photo by Florian Schmidt (from my collection).

 

 

Osthavelländische Eisenbahn 200.1 is the former PKP ST44-161, sold in 2000; photo taken at the Michendorf station on July 19, 2000, by Thomas Splittgerber (from my collection).

 

 

120 359-5, DR, photographed at the Pankow depot on June 1, 1991. Photo by Martin Stertz (from my collection). This locomotive was re-numbered 220 359-4 in 1992 and withdrawn in December 1993.

 

 

Beautifully preserved 781 168 from the ŽSSK fleet, photographed in Zvolen, Slovakia, on August 7, 2021…

 

 

… and manufacturer’s plate from this locomotive. Both photos by Sebastián Langhoffer (thanks for permission!).