RUSSIAN – C68 Locomotive

RUSSIAN – C68 Locomotive

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Skill Level

Length

27" (690mm)

Height

6" (172mm)

Russian C68 Locomotive Model Train Kit – Occre (54006)

The Russian C68 Locomotive Model Train Kit is manufactured by Occre model kits. Occre use high quality materials, made with precision and a great degree of detail. To ensure easy, enjoyable model kit assembly, all our model kits are accompanied by detailed instructions, subdivided into assembly stages with full color photographs.

History of the Russian C68 Locomotive

 

Series S locomotives were developed towards the end of the 1900s, in Nizhny Novgorod, at the Sormoco factory (‘S’ meaning ‘designed at’) under the direction of the engineer B. S. Malakhovsky. It was created as a passenger locomotive, designed to operate with low combustion-grade coal.

Between 1910 and 1918 around 900 locomotives of this series were built and they were considered to be one of the best in the Russian Empire. They remained in service until the mid 1960s. They had a very spacious metal steel cab, with two windows at the front and three on each side.

To improve lighting they also had two rectangular windows above the firebox. Several of these locomotives have been conserved in good condition, and one of these can currently be found at the Central railway museum in St. Petersburg.

Skill Level

Length

27" (690mm)

Height

6" (172mm)

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