#2447
Soviet locomotive class VM
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Kolomna Locomotive Works· from 1934· Soviet experimental diesel locomotive class
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Тепловоз ВМ20-02: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Teplovoz VM: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The VM (Russian: ВМ; Ukrainian: ВМ) was an experimental Soviet diesel-electric locomotive named after Vyacheslav Molotov (Russian: Вячеслав Молотов; Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Молотов). It was a two-unit machine of 2-Do-1+1-Do-2 wheel arrangement and only one pair of locomotives was built.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 92 years ago, in 1934.
- 783 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1934
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Kolomna Locomotive Works
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 783 kW
- wheel arrangement
- 2-Do-1+1-Do-2
- weight
- 123 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4101948, Wikipedia: Soviet locomotive class VM (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.