Private company

Kambarka Engineering Works

Logo: ТД. КМЗ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Rolling stock manufacturer

Kambarka Engineering Works - Full name: Open Joint Stock Company «Kambarka Engineering Works» (Russian: КМЗ or Камбарский машиностроительный завод; Udmurt: Камбар машина лэсьтонъя завод). A rolling stock manufacturer, located in the city of Kambarka (Udmurt), Russia.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1767Founded1
Камбарский машзавод
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Kambarka Engineering Works - Full name: Open Joint Stock Company «Kambarka Engineering Works» (Russian: КМЗ or Камбарский машиностроительный завод; Udmurt: Камбар машина лэсьтонъя завод). A rolling stock manufacturer, located in the city of Kambarka (Udmurt), Russia.2

The story

Construction of an iron work started in 1761 and opened in 1767. The foundry produced up to 60,000 tons of iron per year. In 1950 the company shifted its focus towards railway technology.

Products

The companies product range consists of rolling stock, work trains for track maintenance and spare parts, primarily for narrow gauge railways with the track gauge between 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in). Produced for: Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Argentina, Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba, Mali, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan, Guinea-Bissau.

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Products and brands

  • locomotive

Listed on Wikidata.1

Diesel locomotives

TU4 (1961–1972)

TU5 (1967–1973)

TU6 (1968–1971)

TU6A (1973–1988)

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TU6SPA (1980 - 1993 - today)

TU7 (1970 - 1986)

TU7A (1986 - 2009 - today)

TU8G (1988 - today)

TU8P (1988 - today)

TU8 (1988 - today)

TU10 (2010 - today)

TGM40 (1,520 mm or 4 ft 11+27⁄32 in and 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in standard gauge, 1982 - today)

TU7 - 1698 Track gauge now 603mm/1ft 11.75in - running on Brecon Mountain Railway in South Wales today on preservation line/tourist attraction

Passenger cars

Passenger car

Sleeping car

Hospital car

Dining car (also executive)

Railway post office

Railroad freight cars

Open wagon for peat

Side-tipping wagon

Hopper car

Tank car

Flatcar

Other

Mobile power stations - TU6SPA

Railway crane

Work train

Snowplow

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Timeline

  1. 1767Founded Founded1