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China Railways SS6
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 1991· Chinese electric locomotive class
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SS6 0002 in China Railway Museum 20180223: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. SS6 0047 electric locomotive: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. SS6 0002@CRM (20150709135739): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. SS6 0008 electric locomotive: 颐园居· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Shaoshan 6 (Chinese: 韶山6) is a type of electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. This locomotive was the sixth Chinese electric main line locomotive, built by the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works. The overall arrangement of SS6 is similar to SS3.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 4.8 MW is about 56 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 21.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991
- in service from
- 1991
- number built
- 53
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 4.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 21.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15899643, Wikipedia: China Railways SS6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.