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TheVL10 (Russian:ВЛ10)[1][2] is an electric two-unit mainlineDC freight locomotive used in theSoviet Union and is still operated today by the state owned Russian rail companyRZhD,Ukrainian Railways andGeorgian Railway. The initialsVL are those ofVladimir Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.
The VL10 series was built as a replacement for the ageingVL8 which, by 1960, no longer met Soviet rail requirements. The VL10s were manufactured at theTbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (ТЭВЗ) between 1961–1977, as well as theNovocherkassk 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 designationТ8-001. It was built in 1961 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Soviet rule inGeorgia.[3]
The electric locomotive VL10-792 was introduced in theTrainz computer game in 2012. In 2020, thePolish developer PlayWay presented a computer simulation game Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator. The protagonist of the story is a train VL10-792. The action unfolds on the section of theTrans-Siberian Railway fromNovosibirsk toKrasnoyarsk.[4]
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