CHS200-011
The photo shows the electric locomotive VL80S-941 with a freight train at the Bumkombinat station. Well, now I propose to consider the most popular AC electric locomotive in the USSR - VL80S. This is a two-section AC electric locomotive powered by 25KV with a frequency of 50Hz, traction electric motors are commutator. The main feature of this electric locomotive in comparison with other VL80 series (VL80K, VL80T, which will be discussed later) is the work in sections 2, 3 and 4 of the additional control unit. Electric trains are equipped with special sockets for connecting electrical control circuits; all sections become one, thereby increasing power (3 sections are capable of carrying freight trains weighing 9,000 tons). Also, unlike its predecessor VL80T, VL80S was equipped with a rheostatic electric brake. (On VL80T regenerative electric braking was used) sovremennym trebovaniyam. A total of 2,746 2-section electric locomotives were built, many of them were divided and combined into 3-section electric locomotives. They were built from 1979 to 1995. In 1990, the VL80SM was built with the number 3001. It was a modernized version of the usual VL80S, in which the cabin, some equipment, as well as its location were replaced. It was planned to continue production of this modernized version in the future, but a total of 4 VL80SM were built and production was discontinued due to the fact that the electric locomotive could no longer meet modern requirements even after modernization. Electric locomotives of this modification are operated in countries such as Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan #trainspotting #train #electric #VL80S #NEVZ #RZD #SZD #GZD #VL80S
