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Soviet Railways series ВЛ22 (VL22)

Two ВЛ22? in service in 2003 for mining apatite

Immediately after the production of the last ВЛ19, production was switched to the ВЛ22. With an axle load of 21 tons, it was the successor to the С[t]С[/t] series. The first 37 series locomotives used the same tractio...

	Soviet Railways series ВЛ22 (VL22)Remove
Variant	ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger ВЛ22 freight ВЛ22 passenger ВЛ22[h]М[/h] freight ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger
Built	1946-1958
Manufacturers	Kolomna;Nowotscherkassk
Wheel arrangement	CoCo
Gauge	1520 mm
Length	16442 mm
Service mass	132000 kg
Top speed	100 km/h
Power	2400 kW
Engine

General

Property	Soviet Railways series ВЛ22 (VL22) ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger ВЛ22 freight ВЛ22 passenger ВЛ22[h]М[/h] freight ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger Remove
Built	1946-1958
Manufacturers	Kolomna, Nowotscherkassk
Wheel arrangement	C-C
Gauge	1,520 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property	Soviet Railways series ВЛ22 (VL22) ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger ВЛ22 freight ВЛ22 passenger ВЛ22[h]М[/h] freight ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger Remove
Length	16.44 m
Service mass	132 t
Adhesion mass	132 t
Axle load	21 t

Power

Property	Soviet Railways series ВЛ22 (VL22) ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger ВЛ22 freight ВЛ22 passenger ВЛ22[h]М[/h] freight ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger Remove
Power source	electric - DC
Hourly power	2,400 kW (3,263 PS)
Continuous power	1,860 kW (2,529 PS)
Top speed	100 km/h

Calculated values

Property	Soviet Railways series ВЛ22 (VL22) ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger ВЛ22 freight ВЛ22 passenger ВЛ22[h]М[/h] freight ВЛ22[h]М[/h] passenger Remove
Power-to-weight ratio	18.2 kW/t
Adhesive weight/Total	1 : 1.00

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