Fablok 2DL

Fablok 2DL is a Polish standard gauge diesel mechanical locomotive ordered by the Gostyń District Railway. It is the largest and most powerful diesel locomotive built by Fablok in Chrzanów from the 1930s.

2DL is fitted with a 4-geared mechanical transmission with coupling rods and a 6-cylinder Deutz A6M220 diesel engine, capable of reaching speed of 48 km/h and reaching the maximum engine power up to 160 horsepower. Its total length is 8,500 mm, the frame length is 7,200 mm, the buffer length is 650 mm, the coupling rods length is 4,050 mm, height to the buffer is 1050 mm and the height to the locomotive nose hood is 2,600 mm. Its axle load contains 14.4 tons, and the weight of the locomotive itself contains 28.8 tons (2 times the axle load weight).^[1]

2DL was ordered by Gostyńska Kolej Powiatowa in 1934 with a deadline, it was then completed in May 1935 with most of its components purchased by Deutz, the example was proven successful, but no further orders followed. 2DL was assigned to operate shunting duties on the railway yard in Gostyń, it mostly followed the task of shunting wagons around the railway sidings intended for only carrying freight from the narrow gauge railway, shunting them from the loading deck and forming them into a train.^[1]

• Fablok w Chrzanowie. Monografia, Bogusław Krasnowolski, 2004
• LSPP