VL10
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The VL10 (Russian: ВЛ10) is an electric two-unit mainline DC freight locomotive used in the Soviet Union and is still operated today by the state owned Russian rail company RZhD, Ukrainian Railways and Georgian Railway. The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.
Key facts
- Locomotive.name
- VL10
- Locomotive.powertype
- Electric
- Locomotive.image
- ВЛ10-1334, Россия, Санкт-Петербург, перегон Глухоозерская - Санкт-Петербург-Сортировочный-Московский (Trainpix 77485).jpg
- Locomotive.imagesize
- 350px
- Locomotive.caption
- RŽD ВЛ10-1334 in October 2013 in Saint Petersburg
- Locomotive.builder
- Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works, Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
- Locomotive.builddate
- 1961–2005
- Locomotive.totalproduction
- 2,881
- Locomotive.aarwheels
- B-B + B-B
- Locomotive.uicclass
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- Locomotive.length
- 2×
- Locomotive.locoweight
- VL10: VL10U:
- Locomotive.electricsystem
- 3 kV DC Catenary
- Locomotive.collectionmethod
- Pantograph
- Locomotive.tractionmotors
- 8×TED TL-2
- Locomotive.transmission
- Electirc
- Locomotive.locobrakes
- Regenerative, Railway air brake
- Locomotive.trainbrakes
- Railway air brake
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- Image
- Locomotive VL10-582 Tomsk.jpg
- Speed
- 100
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- VL10
- quantity
- 1901
- total produced
- 2881
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The VL10 (Russian: ВЛ10) is an electric two-unit mainline DC freight locomotive used in the Soviet Union and is still operated today by the state owned Russian rail company RZhD, Ukrainian Railways and Georgian Railway. The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.
==History== The VL10 series was built as a replacement for the ageing VL8 which, by 1960, no longer met Soviet rail requirements. The VL10s were manufactured at the Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (ТЭВЗ) between 1961–1977, as well as the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (НЭВЗ) during 1969 and 1976. It was also there that all the mechanical components for the series were produced. The first prototype of the VL10 series was built in the Tbilisi works under the designation Т8-001. It was built in 1961 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Soviet rule in Georgia.