Thank you Lutz, for very interesting photo.
For those who do not read Russian, here are a few translations:
Памятник Ес-350 в городском саду им. Пушкина, г. Челябинск
Monument to the EU-350 in the City Garden. Pushkin, Chelyabinsk
2-10-0 were fairly common freight locomotives in the former Soviet Union. They came from several sources: US imports (class Ye (Russian: серия Е, of which Lutz shows us an example), built by ALCO and Baldwin, respectively), German war trophy BR52 class locomotives (what became the Soviet TE-series) and locally built. The locally built 2-10-0 locomotives were represented by some TE (built from captured German parts), SO (Sergo Ordjonikidze) and L (Lebedyanski)–series locomotives. The L-series locomotives were one of the more advanced steam locomotives built in the former Soviet Union. They used an automatic stoker to feed coal and had a relatively low axle load (18 tonnes or 40,000 lb) to be compatible with the war-torn railroads of the former Soviet Union. Several examples of these locomotives are still preserved in working order.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-10-0Comments on the color are interesting. Here are two...
Этот пвамятник всегда был красного цвета. Установлен в честь легендарного рейса с продовольствием, доставленным в 1919 году голодающим столицы. -- Timas
This locomotive has always been red. Established in honour of the legendary voyage of food delivered in 1919, the hungry capital. --Timas,
Хм, в годы моего детства, он был таки черного цвета. -- Сергей Кнышенко
Hmm, in the years of my childhood, he was still black. -Sergey Knyšenko
