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China Railways 6K
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1986· electric locomotive of China
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways 6K-052: Srbd· CC BY 3.0
- 2. 6K-065 20140203: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 6K is a Japanese-built electric locomotive used in China. It is developed and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Electric. The design of 6K is based on JNR Class ED75 and EF66 electric locomotives.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 4.8 MW is about 56 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.2 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
- 1986–1987
- retired
- 2014
- status
- retired
- number built
- 85
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- 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
- Bo'Bo'Bo'
- length
- 22.2 m
- weight
- 138 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q744189, Wikipedia: China Railways 6K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.