VL80S-1452 electric 25 kV AC locomotive (max power - 6520 kW (9780 kW in 3 sections), max speed - 100 km/h) heading freight train under a stormy sky. VL80S is the most numerous electric locomotive in the world. In total there were produced 2746 two-sectional units of VL80S, most of which are now in operation. VL80S series were manufactured by Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works between 1979 and 1995 and now VL80S series are in operation on the railways of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
