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ВЛ8
VL8м-459 in the suburbs ofDnipro
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 ft3+1⁄2 in) Width 3,106 mm (10 ft2+1⁄4 in) Height 5,080 mm (16 ft 8 in) Loco weight 180 tonnes (180 long tons; 200 short tons) Electric system/s 3kVDCCatenary[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

TheVL8 (Russian:ВЛ8)^[2][1]is an electric two-unit mainlineDC freight locomotive used in theSoviet Union, still operated today by the state-owned Russian rail companyRZhD andUkrainian Railways. The initialsVL are those ofVladimir Lenin (Russian:Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.

The VL8 series was built as a replacement for the agingVL22^м which, by 1953, no longer met Soviet rail requirements. The VL8s were manufactured at theTbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (ТЭВЗ) between 1957–1967, as well as theNovocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant.^[3]

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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 andДЭ1-033,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 andДЭ1-003,Dnipro
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  ВЛ8-1553,Dnipro

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• History of rail transport in Russia

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