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VL11
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Tbilisi electric locomotive builder plant· from 1975· locomotive class
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VL11 227 BMO: Kamensky ru· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. RZD VL11-025 2026-09 Golutvin 1789837097: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 3. VL11M-mezsect: Vivan755· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The VL11 Russian: ВЛ11 is an electric mainline DC freight and passenger locomotive, built in Georgia, used in Russia and Ukraine. The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (ru: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named. The ВЛ11 are built in two-section units, but can be built with three or four sections working with multi-tier technology.
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 51 years ago, in 1975.
- 5.4 MW is about 63 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1975
- number built
- 1,338
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Tbilisi electric locomotive builder plant
- operators
- Russian Railways, Ukrainian Railways, Georgian Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 5.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- weight
- 184 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1244473, Wikipedia: VL11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.