VL15

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VL15 ВЛ15
VL15-005
Type and origin Builder Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (Main equipment) Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (Mechanical part) Build date 1984 - 1991 Total produced 50
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Bo'Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'Bo' Gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft) 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge Wheel diameter 1,250 mm (4 ft 1 in) Length 45.00 m (147 ft 8 in) Width 3.180 m (10 ft 5.2 in) Loco weight 300 t (300 long tons; 330 short tons) Electric system/s 3 kV DC Catenary Current pickup Pantograph Traction motors 12×ТЛ-3 (en: TL-3) Loco brake Regenerative (Except VL15A)
Performance figures Maximum speed 100 km/h (62 mph) Power output 8,400 kW (11,300 hp) (Continuous) 9,000 kW (12,000 hp) (Short Term)
Career Operators РЖД (RZhD) Apatit Locale Russia Soviet Union

The VL15 (Russian: ВЛ15) is a Soviet built electric mainline freight locomotive manufactured at the Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works. The power supply was 3 kV Direct Current, and the axle arrangement Bo-Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo-Bo.

All VL15 and VL15S locomotives currently in operation are assigned to the Volkhov Locomotive Depot, October Railway. 5 of 6 VL15A locomotives (VL15A-001 decommissioned) are in operation at the Apatit.

Gallery

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  VL15-004 in Scherbinka
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  VL15-005
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  VL15-014
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  VL15-025
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  VL15S-028
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  VL15A-004

Main users

VL15s have been used by two users:

• Russian Railways
  • October Railway
• Apatit

See also

• VL10
• VL11
• VL85

Literatures

• М. Ф, Кужим; Н. В, Савичев (2002). Электровоз ВЛ15. Справочник для локомотивных бригад (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-04.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to VL15.

• "Электровозы серии ВЛ15 и их модификации" (in Russian). Scbist.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
• "Семейство ВЛ15" (in Russian). scado.narod.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
• "Фотоальбом различных модификаций ВЛ15" (in Russian). train-photo.ru. Retrieved 2018-11-04.

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