Let’s look at the new subway cars 81-760 that have just begun to be used in the Moscow subway, diesel trains DP-S produced for Serbian railway and “Rusich” vehicles that were unexpectedly found in the subway of Sofiа!
“Metrovagonmash” plant is situated in Mytischi, the Moscow region. It produces trains for subways and railways of Russia and neighbouring countries.
Assembly shop. Bodies of cars 81-760 stand on the right.
Electric train 81-760, main characteristics:
Capacity: 300/320 passangers;
Power: 4 induction motors – 170 kW for each car.
Track width: 1520 mm;
Max. speed: 90 km/h
Car weight: 36/35t.;
Dimensions: length 20120/19140 mm, width 2686 mm, height 3680 mm;
The car body is made of stainless steel, there are A/C and air cleaning systems in the cars.
Swing type doors equipped with a hand opening button in off-peak time: such system has been used in many subways and ground transport of Europe for a long time.
Main cars have emergency exits with landing ramps.
81-760 being assembled.
Bogies assembly. In the boxes are current collectors. They will be mounted in the depot.
Current collectors for the railway overhead system. They are used for tests.
Can you guess now what train are we under?
Modern cabin
Brake line indicating pressure gages are more reliable. Some mechanical devices will never go out of date.
Passengers are easily watched from the cabin.
Rusich (81-740) in colors of the Sofia subway (Bulgaria)
Its cabin
Ready to be transported to far Bulgaria
81-760 vehicles, ready and not
81-740 (Rusich):
Capacity: 344-382 passengers;
Power: 4 induction motors – 170 kW for each car;
Track width: 1435 mm (export modification);
Max. speed: 90 km/h;
Car weight: 47 t;
Dimensions: length 28150/27200 mm, width 2700 mm, height 3581 mm.
Middle car 81-740/741
Middle cars 81-760/761 ready to be used in the Moscow subway
Body of a car 81-717/714
Rail buses assembly area
Body of Ra-2
Being assmbled to be ready for welding
Part of a roof of a future car
Welding
Cutting off excess parts
Ra-2 body is watching you!
Head car of RA-2
And here’s a new train DP-S for Serbian railway.
When unfinished all cars look similar
Preparing for paiting
Finished train:
Capacity: 246 passengers;
Мощность: 2 engines – 250 kW;
Track width: 1435 mm;
Max. speed: 120 km/h;
Rostov-Bataisk
Cars DP-S have passes-through closed with bellows
Inside it is similar to RA-2
Compost toilets
In its cabin
New DP-S
“Metrovagonmash” installation featuring rare 81-715.1 train that was produced in the 70-80s.
The plant used to make military equipment, such Su-76, for example.
Location: Mytischi, the Moscow Region
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I rode the new trains in Sofia, the whole station in nice, but they only go east and west for now and if I am not mistaken they are going to expand.
gee, it would be nice if Americans could make these cars. Sadly the US is totally F’d as an industrial nation. They need a different President…and quick.
Wabtec/Motive Power, Caterpillar/Progress Rail, Bombardier, they still make locomotives and all.
This isn’t the golden age of american railways, but they are out there.
Need a President with BALLS, doesn’t matter which party.
Every Republican leader has let the business leaders gut the American industrial world to increase profits! They live and die by the ‘let the market decide’ mantra. Unfortunately, the market is led by greed not intelligence!
The Democrats don’t encourage expansion of the industrial base. They keep trying to expand the pool of consumers & their spending in hopes the suppliers will expand. Too bad the industrial leaders are more interested in the size of their fortunes not whether the country will exist tomorrow!
Goddamn Russians and their shoddy equipment already breaks down.
After only a month of use the transmission broke down and the whole batch had to be returned to Russia to get fixed. They do not manufacture the transmissions, only buy from Siemens and obviously hadn’t tested the system enough.
The shoddy ‘Russian’ equipment you’re moaning about is GERMAN.
Er Philadelphia just made an entire set of cars for it’s own train network. Stupid Foxnews viewers…so brainwashed.