#4933· SS8
China Railways SS8
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 1994· Chinese electric locomotive class
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SS8 0031@BJX (20150118142451): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. SS8-0191 Hunghom: Wrightbus· CC BY 3.0
- 3. SS8-0077 20100614: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SS8-0228 Guangzhou East 20100725: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SS8 in Nanjing West: Jack No1· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 201408 SS8-0195 pulls T82 enters into Jinhuaxi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 201705 SS8-0050 hauls K8714 at Nanchang Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 201906 SS8-0003 at Zhuzhou Loco Turnaround Depot: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Beijing to Zhengzhou by Rail, 2008, Shaoshan SS8 Electric Locomotive - 21909512611: Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D.· CC0
- 10. SS8 0008 at Qingta (20160519182844): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Shaoshan 8 (Chinese: 韶山8) is a semi-high-speed electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. The SS8 is based on its predecessor, the SS5, and was developed and built by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 10 minutes.
- 3.6 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994–2001
- in service from
- 1994
- number built
- 245
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 239 km/h
- power
- 3.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4-0
- length
- 17.5 m
- weight
- 88 t
- nicknames
- 扫把(Broom), "小八" ("Small Eight")
- Dutch name
- SS8
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q744165, Wikipedia: China Railways SS8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.