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2EL5
🇺🇦 Ukraine ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 2005· class of 18 Ukrainian electric locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Электровоз 2ЕЛ5 Внешний вид: Пупкин В.В.· Public domain
- 2. 2EL5 012: Yuriy S. (y206)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Locomotive 2EL5-009 2018 G1: George Chernilevsky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Locomotive 2EL5-018 2017 G1: George Chernilevsky· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 2EL5 is a Ukrainian AC electric locomotive manufactured by Luhanskteplovoz. Ukrainian Railways leased 70 2EL5 locomotives in 2013, as replacements for Soviet-era VL8s.
who runs it
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Electric 25 kV, 50 Hz
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- builders
- Luhanskteplovoz, Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
- operators
- Ukrainian Railways
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q751650, Wikipedia: 2EL5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.