LM-33

LM-33 - Soviet tram with 4 axis, produced by Leningradskiy vagonoremontny plant from 1933 to 1939.

History

In early 1930s D. I. Kondratiev in a group of Leningrad specialists visited America to learn about local developments. Over the foundation for a new model of the Leningrad tram was taken tram construction Peter Witt. The design was modified in accordance with domestic requirements: in particular, have been reduced width of the wagon. Release was established at the Leningradsky vagonoremontny plant. Wagon was named MA (Motorny Amerikanskogo tipa), and its trailing changed - PA (Pritsepnoy Amerikanskogo tipa), popularly quickly established nickname "American". Later by political reasons wagon name was changed to LM-33 (Leningradsky Motorny projekta 1933 goda) and LP-33 (Leningradsky Pritsepnoy projekta 1933 goda), respectively.

LM-33 and LP-33 were issued from 1933 to 1939.

Technical data

*The manufacturer: Leningrad Vagonoremontny plant
*The project: 1933
*Produced: 1933 - 1939
*Copies: 232
*Mass without passengers: 22.2 tons
*Max. speed km/h: 50
*Seating position: 49
*Nominal capacity: 178
*Track: 1524 mm
*Length: 15000 mm
*Width: 2600 mm
*Height of the roof: 3318 mm
*Base: 7500 mm
*Base trolley: 1800
*Type controller: DC-7B
*Type brakes: Pneumatic direct motion and hand-wheeled motorized shoe
*Engines: 4 x PT-35 or 4 x DTI-60
*Power of engines, kW: 40 (PT-35) / 55 (DTI-60)

Using

Trains LM-33 - LP-33 were worked in Leningrad from 1933 until March 18, 1979 [ [http://retro.tramway.ru/trams/4275+4454.html Трамвайный поезд ЛМ-33 №4275 + ЛП-33 №4454 («Американка»)] ru icon] .

LM-33 in folklore

Эх, шарабан мой, американка, куда везёшь меня ты, иностранка [Ekh, my char-a-banc, American. Where do you go with me, a foreigner? ru icon]

LM-33 nowadays

Until our days 2 copies of LM-33 are survived in the electric transportation museum in Saint Petersburg : passenger wagon № 4275 (under way) and the loading platform at the LM-33 № 4435 (awaiting restoration). Also there is a passenger wagon LP-33 № 4454 under way.

External links

* [http://retro.tramway.ru/trams/4275+4454.html LM-33 at site «Ретро-трамвай - Петербургская классика.»] ru icon
* [http://tramnn.narod.ru/non_nn_cars/lm33/index.html LM-33 at site «Нижегородский Трамвай-Троллейбус»] ru icon

References