Red Flag 1-class locomotive

what is it?

The Red Flag 1 (Korean: 붉은기1, Pulg'ŭn'gi-1) and Red Flag 2 (붉은기2, Pulg'ŭn'gi-2) class locomotives are multi-purpose electric locomotives built by the Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex and operated by the North Korean State Railway. As a result of its being one of the first successes of the Ch'ŏllima Movement, along with being the most numerous of all locomotive types on North Korea's railways, it has become a distinctive symbol of North Korea, featured on postage stamps, propaganda posters, at the Arirang Festival, and even a mural at a station of the P'yŏngyang Metro. In 2001, Kim Jong Il awarded the Hero of Labour title to the Red Flag 1 class in recognition of its long-standing service, and the type has also been awarded the Order of the Red Banner Of the Three Great Revolutions three times.

who runs it

Korean State Railway

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 3.2 MWpower output
• weight 120 tin working order
• built 150made 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 65 years ago, in 1961.
• 🚗3.2 MW is about 37 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏18.9 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

1961–1980

number built

150

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇰🇵 North Korea

builders

Kim Chong-tae Electric Locomotive Works

designer

Chŏn Chae-yun

operators

Korean State Railway

top speed

120 km/h

power

3.2 MW

electric system

3,000 V DC

wheel arrangement

Co′Co′

length

18.9 m

weight

120 t

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