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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DF11-0419 20110319: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DF11-0010 20111017: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 201501 DF11 at Lanxi Railway Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 201705 DF11-0368 for K1029 at Hefei Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 201901 DF11-0371 hauls T7786 enters into Jinhua Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. China Railways DF11 0013: Alancrh· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. China Railways DF11 0385 20080718: Alancrh· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. DF11 0080 at Zhongheqiao (20190224143801): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. DF11 0156 at Hangzhou Railway Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. DF11 0317@BJI (20150412171132): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DF11 (Chinese: 东风11) is a semi-high-speed diesel-electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. This locomotive was built by CRRC Qishuyan.
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.
- Top speed is 1.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
- 3.6 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.2 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
- 1992–2005
- number built
- 459
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- power
- 3.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 20.2 m
- weight
- 138 t
- nicknames
- 狮子 (Lion)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q845342, Wikipedia: China Railways DF11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.