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VL8

class of 1723 Soviet electric locomotives
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Summary

VL8 is a locomotive class[1]. VL8 ranks in the top 7% of locomotive class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (815 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Russia[3]
  • Manufacturer: Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant[4], トビリシ電気機関車工場[5]
  • Subclass of: electric locomotive[6]
  • Commons category: VL8[7]
  • Type of electrification: 3000 V DC railway electrification[8]
  • Track gauge: 1520 mm track gauge[9]
  • Total produced: 1723[10]
  • Quantity: 1723[11]
  • Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′[12]

Why It Matters

VL8 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] VL8 is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Russia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Novoklimov · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Electric locomotive VL8 in Ukraine 75.jpg, Electric locomotive VL8m-1609 in Ukraine zoom.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'ko', 'ru', 'tt', 'uk', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Electric locomotive VL8 in Ukraine 75.jpg"
  2. 19w ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Russia
    Subclass of → —
    Track gauge → 1520 mm track gauge
    Manufacturer → Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, トビリシ電気機関車工場
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34212|batch #34212]]"
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