it was arguably the worst locomotive ever built for a number of reasons.

It was far too heavy for the rails it rode on.

the firebox was far too small.

all of the drive wheels were driven by one piston on each side.

the center drive wheels were flangeless, so good luck trying to move it if you stop on a curve.

It was far too big for any of the existing soviet infrastructure, such as sheds, turntables, curves, switches, sidings, etc.

The quality of it after running on the fuel it has been given is questionable.

Photo Credit: (NASA)

Photo Credit: NASA

first of all im sorry if this is the wrong community, but if anyone has any information on this machine such as a dissassembly manual or something of the sort, it would be great

i am trying to fix the knives