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VL10
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant· from 1961· class of 1901 Soviet electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ВЛ10-083: Sergey Korovkin 84· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ВЛ10-1334, Россия, Санкт-Петербург, перегон Глухоозерская - Санкт-Петербург-Сортировочный-Московский (Trainpix 77485): neu_zwei· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. RZD VL10-084 2004-06 Orekhovo-Zuyevo 1087574676: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. RZD VL10-1045 2005-03 Tsaritsyno 1109934990: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. RZD VL10-1124 2006-08 Khimki 1154797339: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. RZD VL10-1172 2006-02 Vladimir 1140283579: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. RZD VL10-1360 2005-04 Zelenograd-Kryukovo 1113648813: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. RZD VL10-1446 2006-04 Khimki 1145632271: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. RZD VL10-1526 2005-01 Golutvin 1107089815: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. RZD VL10-1628 2006-04 Moskvorechye 1144253371: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The VL10 (Russian: ВЛ10) is an electric two-unit mainline DC freight locomotive used in the Soviet Union and is still operated today by the state owned Russian rail company RZhD, Ukrainian Railways, Georgian Railway and Abkhazian Railway The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 4.6 MW is about 54 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–2005
- number built
- 2,881
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
- operators
- Russian Railways, Ukrainian Railways, Georgian Railway, Abkhazian railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 4.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.4 m
- weight
- 184 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1244462, Wikipedia: VL10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.