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China Railways SS3B
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Datong Co., Ltd.· from 2002· Chinese electric locomotive class
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SS3B 6018 20111117: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. China Railways SS3B 0001 20160108: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. China Railways SS3B 5061 20171203: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. China Railways SS3B 6055 20171203: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. SS3B 5010 20111117: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SS3B 5085 20111117: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SS3B 6072 20111117: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. 201908 SS3B-0068 hauls Freight Train at Baishiyi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 201908 SS3B-5008 hauls Freight Train at Shimenkan Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 201908 SS3B-6006 hauls Freight Train Approaches to Panzhihua Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Shaoshan 3B (Chinese: 韶山3B/大3B) is a type of electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. This locomotive was built by the Ziyang Electric Locomotive Works. The power supply was industrial-frequency single-phase AC, and the axle arrangement Co-Co+Co-Co.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- 8.6 MW is about 102 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 42.8 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002–2009
- number built
- 353
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Datong Co., Ltd., CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd., CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 8.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co+Co'Co
- length
- 42.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15898776, Wikipedia: China Railways SS3B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.