VL8
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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.
History
The VL8 series was built as a replacement for the ageing 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.[3]
Gallery
ВЛ8м-303, Dnipro
ВЛ8м-464, Dnipro
Электровоз ВЛ8м-471, Debaltseve
ВЛ8м-511, Luhansk Oblast
ВЛ8м-552, Dnipro
ВЛ8м-682, Dnipro
ВЛ8м-720 и ВЛ8м-1622, Dnipro
ВЛ8м-771, Donetsk Oblast
ВЛ8м-797 and ДЭ1-033, Synelnykove
ВЛ8м-943, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
ВЛ8м-1021, Dnipro
ВЛ8м-1273, Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
ВЛ8-1275, Sukhinichi (Russia)
ВЛ8м-1306, Dnipro
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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- ^ a b c d RZD DC electric locomotives at www.railfaneurope.net
- ^ Johnston, Howard & Harris, Ken (2005). Jane's Train Recognition Guide. Harper Collins Publishers. p. 327. ISBN 0-06-081895-6.
- ^ В. А. Раков (1999). «Локомотивы отечественных железных дорог. (1956—1975 гг.). М.: «Транспорт». ISBN 5-277-02012-8.
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