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China Railways HXN5B
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.· from 2012· Chinese diesel-electric locomotive class
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways HXN5B 0143 20160413: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. China Railways HXN5B 0150 20160605: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 201705 HXN5B-0105 at Chaohu Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 201705 HXN5B-0119 at Jiujiangxi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 201901 HXN5B at Pipahu Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 201908 HXN5B at Quanjiang Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 201908 HXN5B-0053 at Qiezixi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 201908 HXN5B-0141 at Loudi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 201908 HXN5B-0142 at Loudi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. China Railways HXN5B 0145 20160605: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The HXN5B, (Chinese: 和谐内5B) is a diesel-electric locomotive used by China Railway in the People's Republic of China. It has been in production since 2012. It is a new-generation road switcher type made in China and used for yard and road switching 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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 3.5 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- number built
- 160
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 3.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 150 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10921674, Wikipedia: China Railways HXN5B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.