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{{Infobox locomotive
| name             = Locomotive U-127
| powertype        = Steam
| image            = Russian_Class_U_locomotive_Number_U127.JPG
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| caption          = Locomotive U-127 [[4-6-0]]
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| builder          = Putilov factory / [[Kirov Plant]]
| ordernumber      = 1960
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| builddate        = 1910
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| whytetype        = [[4-6-0]]
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| gauge            = {{Track gauge|1524mm|lk=on}}
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| driverdiameter   = {{convert|1.73|m}}
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| axleload         = {{convert|15.2|t}}
| weightondrivers  = {{convert|45.4|t}}
| locoweight       = {{convert|72.1|t}}
| fueltype         = Oil
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| boilerpressure   = 14kg/cm2
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| firearea         = {{convert|2,72|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}
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| totalsurface     = {{convert|182|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}
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| cylindersize     = 370mm / 580mm
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| fleetnumbers     = 127
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| currentowner     = Museum of the Moscow Railway
| disposition      = static display
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Russian [[steam locomotive]] '''U-127''' is a 4-6-0 locomotive of type [[Russian locomotive class U]], preserved at the [[Museum of the Moscow Railway]] next to [[Paveletsky Rail Terminal]] in Moscow. The locomotive was the first Russian steam locomotive preserved.
==Background and history==
The [[Russian locomotive class U]] was a four-cylinder [[de Glehn]] [[Compound locomotive#De Glehn|compound locomotive]], which first appeared in 1906. 62 class Us were built between 1906 and 1916 at the Putilov factory (later the [[Kirov Plant]]. By the beginning of 1940 the inventory still listed 47 class U locomotives.<ref name=Rakov>{{cite book| author=V. А. Rakov| title=Locomotives of Domestic Railways 1845-1955| edition=2nd, revised and enlarged| publisher=Transport| year=1995| isbn=5-277-00821-7}}</ref> The last locomotives were withdrawn in 1952.<ref name=Rakov/> U-127 is famous for being [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s locomotive, hence its preservation. It was used to bring his body back to Moscow for his funeral. For this reason it has escaped the ravages of time and, much like Lenin himself, it was preserved in perfect condition. It has not moved since 1948.<ref name=SovietLocos>{{cite book| author=A.J. Heywood and I.D.C. Button| title=Soviet Locomotive Types: the Union Legacy}}</ref>
U-127 was the Soviet Union's first and, until the 1980s, only preserved Russian locomotive.  The only other preserved locomotive was Hk1 293 at [[Finland Station]] in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, which brought Lenin back from exile.<ref name=SovietLocos /> However, Hk1 293 was built by [[Richmond Locomotive Works]] in the USA for the [[:en:Finnish State Railways|Finnish State Railways]], and thus technically not a Russian locomotive.<ref name=SovietLocos /> U-127 was built in 1910 with builder's number 1960, and was destined for the Tashkent railway.<ref name=Rakov />
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=== Gallery ===
{{gallery
|title= Locomotive U-127 and funeral train exhibit at the Museum of the Moscow Railway
|File:Russian locomotive У127 (1923).png| U-127 in 1923 after repair
|| U-127 in 1937 after restoration
|File:Paveletsky 13.JPG|
|File:Lenin Funeral Train, Moscow.JPG|
|File:Lenin Funeral Train, Paveletsky Rail Terminal.JPG|
|File:Paveletsky 9.JPG|Cab
|File:Paveletsky 12.JPG|Inscription plaque
|File:Paveletsky 10.JPG|Tender with inscription
|File:Paveletsky 8.JPG|[[Builder's plate]], steam dome and whistle
|Image:Paveletsky 15.JPG|Van 1691
}}
==See also==
*[[Restored trains]]
* [[Finland Station]], St.Petersburg: arrival point of Lenin from exile
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Russian locomotive У 127}}
*[http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/russia06.htm Lenin's Funeral Train Photographs]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to Vladimir Lenin]]
[[Category:Preserved steam locomotives]]
[[Category:Steam locomotives of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:De Glehn compound locomotives]]