Electric locomotive VL23 - Soviet direct current electric locomotive "Vladimir Lenin", 23 tons - axial load.
In 1954, the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant developed a draft design of a new electric locomotive that would serve as a replacement for the VL22M electric locomotive, the main disadvantage of which was the rapid drop in traction with increasing speed and the design of the bogies, which did not allow it to be effectively operated on lines with hilly and flat profiles.