The VL8 ()is an electric two-unit mainline DC freight locomotive used in the Soviet Union, still operated today by the state-owned Russian rail company RZhD and Ukrainian Railways. The initials VL are those of Vladimir Lenin (), after whom the class is named.
The VL8 series was built as a replacement for the aging VL22<sup>ü</sup> which, by 1953, no longer met Soviet rail requirements. The VL8s were manufactured at the Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Works (âÃÂÃÂÃÂ) between 1957âÂÂ1967, as well as the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant.