TEP80 is a Soviet diesel locomotive

Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...

 produced in 1988-1989. Only two locomotives of this model were built. The second of which lays claim to the (unverified and therefore not recognized by Guiness) world speed record

Land speed record for railed vehicles

Determination of the fastest rail vehicle in the world varies depending on the definition of "rail".Official absolute world record for conventional train is held by the French TGV...

 for a diesel railed vehicle having reached 271 km/h on 5 October 1993. The record breaking locomotive is now situated in the Museum of Railway Machinery, former Varshavsky Rail Terminal, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

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Design

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

Bo-Bo

A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

arrangement.