VL8

class of 1723 Soviet electric locomotives
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VL8

Summary

VL8 is a locomotive class[1]. VL8 ranks in the top 7% of locomotive_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • VL8 is in the country of Russia[3].
  • VL8's image is recorded as Электровоз ВЛ8М-509.jpg[4].
  • VL8's image is recorded as Electric locomotive VL8m-1609 in Ukraine zoom.jpg[5].
  • VL8's instance of is recorded as locomotive class[6].
  • VL8's manufacturer is recorded as Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant[7].
  • VL8's manufacturer is recorded as Q4453143[8].
  • VL8's subclass of is recorded as electric locomotive[9].
  • VL8's Commons category is recorded as VL8[10].
  • VL8's type of electrification is recorded as 3000 V DC railway electrification[11].
  • VL8's track gauge is recorded as 1520 mm track gauge[12].
  • VL8's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+1723'}[13].
  • VL8's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+1723'}[14].
  • VL8's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1234yxq1[15].
  • VL8's wheel arrangement is recorded as Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′[16].

Body

Geography

VL8 is in the country of Russia[3].

Designation and Status

VL8's instance of is recorded as locomotive class[6].

Why It Matters

VL8 ranks in the top 7% of locomotive_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] VL8 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] VL8 is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). VL8. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vl8
MLA “VL8.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vl8.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vl8_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{VL8}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vl8}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): VL8 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/vl8 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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