// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did VL15 say to VL16? You're one byte ahead.

Specifications
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)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Builder	Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (Main equipment); Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (Mechanical part)
Build date	1984 - 1991
Total produced	50

VL15
ВЛ15
VL15; ВЛ15
	VL15-005
Builder
Type and origin
Builder	Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (Main equipment); Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (Mechanical part)
Build date	1984 - 1991
Total produced	50
Configuration:;
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)
Maximum speed
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)
Operators
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^[1]) are in operation at the Apatit.