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China Railways SS7
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Datong Co., Ltd.· from 1992· Chinese electric locomotive class
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways SS7 0083 20171217: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. China Railways SS7D 0011: Alancrh· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. China Railways SS7 0082 20171223: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. SS7-0076: Peter Van den Bossche from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. China Railways SS3B 6081 & China Railways SS7 0092 & China Railways HXD1C 0557 20150606: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. China Railways SS7 0001 20150703: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. China Railways SS7 0005 & China Railways SS7 0034 & China Railways SS7 0111 20150606: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. China Railways SS7 0012 20150606: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. China Railways SS7 0022 20150307: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. China Railways SS7 0029 & China Railways SS7 0079 & China Railways HXD3C 0128 20161216: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Shaoshan 7 (Chinese: 韶山7) is a type of electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. They are widely used on electrified lines in the southwest part of China.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 4.8 MW is about 56 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 22 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992–2007
- in service from
- 1992
- number built
- 113
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Datong Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 4.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'Bo'
- length
- 22 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q744177, Wikipedia: China Railways SS7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.