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China Railways HXN5

built by General Electric· from 2008· Chinese diesel locomotive class

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. HXN50096担当的原油列车停靠牙克石站: 火车侠01· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. 201606 HXN5 at Qiaosi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. HXN5 0408@NXH (20150503173037): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. HXN5 0433@SJN (20150929123743): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. HXN5 0470@NXH (20150913162618): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. 201806 HXN5-0271 at Yingtan Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. 201806 HXN5-0293 at Jixixian Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. 201806 HXN5-0640 at Yixian Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. 201906 HXD2B and HXN5 at Wuhudong Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. 20240816-宁芜铁路-HXN5牵引货列通过秦淮河桥: Saigyouji-Noriko· CC BY-SA 4.0
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China Railways HXN5, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The GE ES59ACi, also known as the HXN5 (Chinese: 和谐内5) or China Mainline Locomotive, is a type of diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation and CRRC Qishuyan for use on freight trains from Harbin to Qiqihar and Mudanjiang in China. In October 2005, China Railway ordered 700 ES59ACi Evolution Series locomotives from GE Transportation and CRRC Qishuyan for delivery in 2008–2009. Two have been built at Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2008; the rest were assembled by Qishuyan at Changzhou in 2008–2010.

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 4.7 MWpower output
  • weight 150 tin working order
  • built 300made in total

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 18 years ago, in 2008.
  • 4.7 MW is about 55 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 22.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
2008–2010
number built
300
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
builders
General Electric, CSR Group, CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.
top speed
120 km/h
power
4.7 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Co′Co′
length
22.3 m
weight
150 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q5099870, Wikipedia: China Railways HXN5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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