#3414
China Railways DF
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.· from 1958· Chinese diesel-electric locomotive class
.jpg)
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways Dongfeng DF Diesel-Electric Locomotive (10553306094): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 2. China Railways DF 1206 20160525 03: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. China Railways DF 1301: Alancrh· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. China Railways DF 1846 20100708 02: zhangchangzhen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DF (Chinese: 东风; pinyin: Dōngfēng) was a type of diesel-electric locomotive used in the People's Republic of China. It was first introduced in 1958 and was produced until 1974. It was the first common mixed-traffic diesel-electric locomotive in China and was used for both passenger and freight services.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1981
- number built
- 704
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd., CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd., CRRC Datong Co., Ltd., CRRC Chengdu Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group, Vietnam Railways, Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 16.9 m
- weight
- 126 t
- nicknames
- Old DF (zh, 老东风), Crying face (zh, 哭脸) (DF 1201～1277)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10871168, Wikipedia: China Railways DF (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.