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Red Flag 2000-class locomotive
🇰🇵 North Korea ·built by Kim Chong-tae Electric Locomotive Works· from 1968· Class of North Korean electric locomotives
what is it?
The Red Flag 2000-class (Korean: 붉은기2000 Pulg'ŭn'gi-2000) is an electric locomotive built by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works for the Korean State Railway, intended for use as a marshalling locomotive. They are used primarily for hauling non-express passenger trains on mainlines in North Korea; they are frequently seen on the P'yŏngŭi Line. Internally, in terms of their electrical and mechanical components, the Red Flag 2000-class locomotives are based on the Red Flag 1-class, but with Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, riding on two-axle roller bearing bogies.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 2.1 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1968
- number built
- 43
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇵 North Korea
- builders
- Kim Chong-tae Electric Locomotive Works
- operators
- Korean State Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2.1 MW
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088498, Wikipedia: Red Flag 2000-class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.