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China Railways DF11G

🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.· from 2004· class of diesel locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. DF11G 0029@NXH (20180518095705): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. 201405 DF11G hauls Z9 at Hangzhou Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. 201705 DF11G-0145 at Nanchang Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. China Railways DF11G 0171&0172: 颐园居· CC BY 4.0
5. China Railways DF11G at Beijingxi Railway Station: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. DF11G 0001@BJI (20170422074033): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. DF11G 0007@BJI (20150412163826): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. DF11G 0009-0010 with S612 at Beitaishang (20200630173728): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. DF11G 0015-0016 with Z68 at Shuinanzhuang (20250707082940): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. DF11G 0028 at Guangqumen (20190203094343): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The DF11G (Chinese: 东风11G, nickname: 猪头) is a twin unit semi-high-speed diesel-electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. This locomotive was built by Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works. The DF11G Diesel Locomotive is a six axle passenger diesel locomotive, almost exclusively used as a back-to-back, semi-permanently coupled unit.

who runs it

China State Railway Group

base stats

speed 170 km/htop speed
power 7.2 MWpower output
weight 276 tin working order
built 92made in total

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 22 years ago, in 2004.
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.
7.2 MW is about 85 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 46 African elephants (~6 t each).
44 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built: 2004–2010
number built: 92
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇨🇳 China
builders: CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.
operators: China State Railway Group
top speed: 170 km/h
power: 7.2 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 2×Co'Co '
length: 44 m
weight: 276 t
nicknames: 猪 (Pig)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q10871125, Wikipedia: China Railways DF11G (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.