The the two letters stand for Vladimir Lenin
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I always preferred the aesthetics of locomotives where the side walls don't slope inwards at the top (common in late German designs). I suppose the vast Soviet loading gauge makes it less neccesary.
Was the '80' a reference to power output (80MW?) Fun trivia: in the US, GE's first major mainline diesel was the U25B (for its 2500hp rating) so GM-EMD's competing model got designated the GP30, despite only being rated 2250hp.
Power output is 4,880 or 6,400 kW (6,540 or 8,580 hp), depending on model. The 8 refers to the model being an eight-axle locomotive, while the 0 is there to distinguish it from later developments like the VL83 or the VL85.