Trainspotting, Locomotives in Kyrgyzstan

On April 30, 2024 the Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic puts into circulation a series of 2023 Kyrgyz Express Post postage stamps: "Trainspotting. Locomotives in Kyrgyzstan".

Trainspotting is a hobby that involves watching and photographing trains. KEP stamps feature the following locomotives, observed by trainspotters in Kyrgyzstan:

PEU1 is an electric locomotive designed for use on narrow-gauge industrial railways. During Soviet times, these electric locomotives were produced in Dnepropetrovsk. They are used on the Sülüktü narrow-gauge railway in Kyrgyzstan for transporting coal and other goods.

TEM2 is a six-axle shunting diesel locomotive with electric transmission. This locomotive was produced in the USSR starting from 1960 and was one of the most common shunting diesel locomotives.

2TE10V is a two-section mainline freight diesel locomotive, produced by the Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Works in the USSR from 1974 to 1981. Diesel power is 2 x 3,000 hp.

TE33A is a modern freight diesel locomotive produced in Kazakhstan under the license of GE Transportation (USA). Design speed is 120 km/h. Five diesel locomotives of this type are in operation on the railways of Kyrgyzstan.