ВЛ60к

VL60k is a Soviet electric locomotive displayed at the Railway Technology Museum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Set mostly outdoors near Tashkent’s central station, the museum lets you view railway vehicles from all sides, including locomotives, passenger cars and service wagons.

The collection contains more than forty-five exhibits, tracing railway development in Central Asia from steam power to diesel and electric traction. Built for heavy loads and long distances, this locomotive shows the robust engineering used across the Soviet Union during railway electrification. Its pantographs rise above the roof, while large bogies support the heavy frame and the driver’s cab reveals the working space inside.

Nearby exhibits include TEM2 and TE-series diesel locomotives, SU and ER steam locomotives, narrow-gauge trains, double-decker cars and open freight wagons. The museum grew from a 1988 exhibition marking the centenary of the Trans-Caspian Railway’s main line, which became permanent before opening publicly in 1989. One striking carriage has a glass roof and remains the only surviving example of its kind.