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China Railways HXD1C
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 2009· class of Chinese electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways HXD1C 0282: Alancrh· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. China Railways HXD1C 6217 20150606: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. China Railways HXD1C 8022 20171216: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. HXD1C 0251@WLD (20160324092421): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 201602 HXD1C-0112 with 25B coaches for temporary train: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 201705 HXD1C-0246 at Yujiang Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 201806 HXD1C-6400 at Laizhou Depot: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 201908 HXD1C-0030 hauls Freight Train at Baishiyi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 201908 HXD1C-0064 hauls 5630 at Chongqing Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. China Railways HXD1C 0551 20190130: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The HXD1C (Chinese: 和谐1C型电力机车) is an electric locomotive developed by CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. The design was revealed in 2009: a 7.2 MW power six axle, 150-tonne, Co'Co' locomotive. This type of locomotive can draft a 5000-5500t freight train at a gradient of not more than 12‰ of middle-east lines in China.
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 17 years ago, in 2009.
- 7.2 MW is about 85 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2009
- number built
- 1,330
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd., CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 7.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 138 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q570726, Wikipedia: China Railways HXD1C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.