The VL8 (Russian: ВЛ8)[2][1]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 (Russian: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.

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ВЛ8
VL8м-459 in the suburbs of Dnipro
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder  Soviet Union Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works, Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant Build date 1953, 1955–1967 Total produced 1,722 + 1 VL8v
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B + B-B  • UIC Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′[1] Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge Wheel diameter 1,200 mm (47.24 in) Length 27,520 mm (90 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Width 3,106 mm (10 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Height 5,080 mm (16 ft 8 in) Loco weight 180 tonnes (180 long tons; 200 short tons) Electric system/s 3 kV DC Catenary[1] Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors 8×TED НБ-406А Loco brake Regenerative
Performance figures Maximum speed VL8: 80 km/h (50 mph) VL8м: 100 km/h (62 mph)[1]
Career Operators РЖД (RZhD), УЗ (UZ), Azerbaijan Railways, Georgian Railway Locale  SUN Soviet Union  RUS Russia  Ukraine  Georgia  Azerbaijan

History

The VL8 series was built as a replacement for the ageing VL22^м 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.[3]

Gallery

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  ВЛ8^м-303, Dnipro
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  ВЛ8^м-464, Dnipro
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  Электровоз ВЛ8^м-471, Debaltseve
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  ВЛ8^м-511, Luhansk Oblast
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  ВЛ8^м-552, Dnipro
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  ВЛ8^м-682, Dnipro
• ВЛ8^м-720 и ВЛ8^м-1622, Dnipro
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  ВЛ8^м-771, Donetsk Oblast
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  ВЛ8^м-797 and ДЭ1-033, Synelnykove
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  ВЛ8^м-943, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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  ВЛ8^м-1021, Dnipro
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  ВЛ8^м-1273, Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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  ВЛ8-1275, Sukhinichi (Russia)
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  ВЛ8^м-1306, Dnipro
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  ВЛ8^м-1488 and ДЭ1-003, Dnipro
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  ВЛ8-1553, Dnipro

See also

• Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
• Russian Railway Museum
• Museum of the Moscow Railway (Moscow Rizhsky station)
• History of rail transport in Russia

References

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