Also known as Soviet Railways VL8
The VL8 ()is an electric two-unit mainline DC freight locomotive used in the Soviet Union, still operated today by the state-owned Russian rail company RZhD and Ukrainian Railways. The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (), after whom the class is named.
Key facts
- Locomotive.name
- ВЛ8
- Locomotive.powertype
- Electric
- Locomotive.image
- ВЛ8-459,_Украина,_Днепропетровская_область,_депо_Нижнеднепровск-Узел_(Trainpix_46509).jpg
- Locomotive.caption
- VL8м-459 in the suburbs of Dnipro
- Locomotive.builder
- Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works, Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
- Locomotive.builddate
- 1953, 1955–1967
- Locomotive.totalproduction
- 1,722 + 1 VL8v
- Locomotive.aarwheels
- B-B + B-B
- Locomotive.uicclass
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- Locomotive.electricsystem
- 3 kV DC Catenary
- Locomotive.collectionmethod
- Pantograph
- Locomotive.tractionmotors
- 8×TED НБ-406А
- Locomotive.maxspeed
- VL8: VL8м:
- Locomotive.locobrakes
- Regenerative
- Locomotive.operator
- РЖД (RZhD), УЗ (UZ), Azerbaijan Railways, Georgian Railway
- Locomotive.locale
- Soviet Union Russia
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Electric locomotive VL8m-1609 in Ukraine zoom.jpg
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- VL8
- quantity
- 1723
- total produced
- 1723
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The VL8 ()is an electric two-unit mainline DC freight locomotive used in the Soviet Union, still operated today by the state-owned Russian rail company RZhD and Ukrainian Railways. The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (), after whom the class is named.
==History== The VL8 series was built as a replacement for the aging VL22м which, by 1953, no longer met Soviet rail requirements. The VL8s were manufactured at the Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (ТЭВЗ) between 1957–1967, as well as the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant.