TEP80
TEP80 is a Soviet diesel locomotive produced in 1988–1989. Only two locomotives of this model were built.The principal designer was V. Khlebnikov; the locomotive utilised an 8-axle articulated design within a single locomotive body, two sets of main bogies each of four axles articulated in a Bo-Bo arrangement.
Unit TEP80-0002 holds the world speed record for a diesel railed vehicle having reached on 5 October 1993. In 2007 the machine was transferred from the Russian Railway research institute to the October railway museum in Saint Petersburg.
