title: TU8 diesel locomotive
text: # TU8 diesel locomotive
  
  TU8 (ТУ8) – Soviet, later Russian diesel locomotive for gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
  
  ## History
  
  Diesel locomotive TU8 (ТУ8) is used for transportation & shunting services on narrow-gauge railways with a track gauge ranging from 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). The TU8 was developed in 1987 – 1988 at the Kambarka Engineering Works to replace the ageing locomotive classes TU6A (ТУ6А). The cab is equipped with efficient heat-system, refrigerator, radio-set and air conditioning.
  
  ## Series locomotives
  
  The diesel locomotive TU8 (ТУ8) has been used as the basis of three other locomotives:
  
  * TU8G (ТУ8Г)
  * TU8P (ТУ8П)
  * TU6SPA (ТУ6СПА) mobile power station
  
  ## Additional specifications
  
  * Distance between bogies – 4,000 mm
  * Base of bogies – 1,400 mm
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * TU8, Udimskaya narrow-gauge railway
  * TU8-0427, Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway
  * TU8-0167, Sharya Forest Museum Railway
  * TU8-0541, Loyginskaya narrow gauge railway
  * TU8-0541, Loyginskaya narrow-gauge railway
  * TU8-0542, Loyginskaya narrow-gauge railway
  