During the Great Patriotic War, the authorities of the East Siberian Railway provided volunteer units to be dispatched to the front (20 railmen would be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union), found resources for repairing military equipment, prepared rolling stock, and gradually increased the amount of freight from Siberia to the European part of the country.
East Germany | Middle East | Canadian Pacific Railway | East India Company | University of East Anglia | Great Western Railway | Dutch East Indies | East Prussia | East Africa | Lower East Side | East Sussex | Shanghai Railway Bureau | Canadian National Railway | East Riding of Yorkshire | Far East | Midland Railway | Grand Trunk Railway | East Berlin | Dutch East India Company | London and North Western Railway | East Java | Northern Pacific Railway | East Coast of the United States | East Coast Main Line | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | Great Central Railway | East Anglia | East End of London | East Pakistan | East |
All VL85 locomotives operate on the East-Siberian Railway and the Krasnoyarsk Railway, from depots at Ilanskaya, Taishet, Nizhneudinsk, and Ulan-Ude.