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| name = VL11 {{Cite web |url=http://www.tevz.ru/ru/articles/14/ |title=Электровоз ВЛ11М| language=ru|access-date=2011-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405191402/http://www.tevz.ru/ru/articles/14 |archive-date=2011-04-05 |url-status=dead }}

| powertype = Electric

| image = VL11 227 BMO.jpg

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| caption = VL11M-227

| builder = Tbilisi electric locomotive builder plant (Тбилисский электровозостроительный завод)

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| builddate = 1975-

| totalproduction = 1338

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| uicclass = Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′

| gauge = {{track gauge|1524mm|lk=on}}
{{track gauge|1520mm|allk=on}}

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| electricsystem = 3 kV DC Catenary

| collectionmethod = Pantograph

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| maxspeed = {{convert|100|km/h|abbr=on}}

| poweroutput ={{convert|4,600|kW|hp|abbr=on}} Continuous,
{{convert|5,360|kW|hp|abbr=on}} Short Term

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| operator = РЖД (RZhD), УЗ (UZ), Georgian Railway

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| locale = {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
{{flagicon|SUN}} Soviet Union
{{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine
{{flagicon|GEO}} Georgia
{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Azerbaijan

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The VL11 {{langx|ru|ВЛ11}} is an electric mainline DC freight and passenger locomotive, built in Georgia, used in Russia and Ukraine. The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (ru: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named.

The ВЛ11 are built in two-section units, but can be built with three or four sections working with multi-tier technology.{{cite web |url=http://www.glmf.ge/?lang=eng&action=page&p_id=29 |title= Georgian Locomotives Manufacturer Factory JSC|author= |date= 2014|website=www.glmf.ge |publisher=Georgian Locomotives Manufacturer Factory |access-date=May 11, 2014}} The three-section units have 12 axles, regenerative brakes and can haul loads up to 59,250 kg. They have an output of 8,040 kW.{{cite journal |last=Cirakadze, G I |date=1976 |title= TREHSEKCIONNYJ GRUZOVOJ ELEKTROVOZ VL 11 S REKUPERATIVNYM TORMOZENIEM (THE THREE-UNIT VL 11 ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FOR FREIGHT TRAINS, WITH REGENERATIVE BRAKES) |url= http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=51921|journal= Elektriceskaja i Teplovoznaja Tjaga|language=ru|volume=20 |issue=7 |pages= 32–33|access-date=11 May 2014}}

The Ukrainian State Railway Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) has upgraded their VL11 locomotives; starting in 2012, they plan to upgrade 20 a year. The upgrade will extend the operating life of each locomotive by 15 years, and it represents only 28% of the cost of a new electric locomotive.{{cite web

|url=https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/press_center/up_to_date_topic/page-64/320875/

|title= UKRZALIZNYTSIA UPGRADING TRACTION ROLLING STOCK

|author= |date= 2012-08-22|website=www.uz.gov.ua |publisher=UKRZALIZNYTSIA

|access-date=May 11, 2014

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