VL10
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| VL10 | |
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Regenerative |
| Performance figures | |
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| Maximum speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
| Power output | 6,165 hp (4,597 kW) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | РЖД (RZhD), Ukrainian Railways, Georgian Railway |
| Locale |  SUN Soviet Union  RUS Russia  Ukraine  Armenia  Georgia  Azerbaijan |
The VL10 (ru: ВЛ10) (ru: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.
History
The VL10 series was built as a replacement for the ageing VL8 which, by 1960, no longer met Soviet rail requirements. The VL10s were manufactured at the
Georgia.[3]
In popular culture
The electric locomotive VL10-792 was introduced in the Trainz computer game in 2012. In 2020, the Polish 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 the Trans-Siberian Railway from Novosibirsk to Krasnoyarsk.[4]
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See also
- Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
- Russian Railway Museum
- Museum of the Moscow Railway (Moscow Rizhsky station)
- History of rail transport in Russia
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to VL10.
- ISBN 0-06-081895-6.
- ^ "RZD DC electric locomotives at www.railfaneurope.net". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ISBN 978-5-386-08589-6.
- ^ "Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
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