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China Railways SS1
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 1968· Chinese electric locomotive class
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SS1249 200908: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SS1 0675 20111117: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. China Railways 6G and SS1 at Kunming Locomotive Depot (SIK 03-060853-Print): Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. CR-SS1-0813 Train in GZRM 20220520: 中少· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. SS1 0681 at China Railway Museum: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. SS1 0681 in China Railway Museum 20180223: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. SS1 0681 in China Railway Museum: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. SS1-0802 at Huaihua Locomotive Depot 20260223: zhip· CC BY 4.0
- 9. 西南交通大学机车博物园-兰局兰段韶山1型电力机车（SS1-0818） 01: Kcx36· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 西南交通大学机车博物园-兰局兰段韶山1型电力机车（SS1-0818） 02: Kcx36· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Shaoshan 1 (Chinese: 韶山1; pinyin: Sháoshān Yī Nickname: Chinese: 芍药; pinyin: Sháoyào) is a type of AC-powered electric locomotive used by China Railway. This locomotive was the first Chinese electric main line locomotive, built by the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works with the assistance of the Soviet Union and following the design of the Soviet-N6O electric locomotive (SŽD VL60). The power supply was industrial-frequency single-phase AC, and the axle arrangement Co-Co.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 3.8 MW is about 44 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 56 years (1958–2014).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1968–1988
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 2014
- status
- retired
- number built
- 826
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- 3.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q841770, Wikipedia: China Railways SS1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.