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China Railways DJ1
🇨🇳 China ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2001· class of Chinese electric locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DJ1-0003: 慕尼黑啤酒· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Abandoned DJ1 at Ankounan Railway Station (May 2025): 大唯呆· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The China Railways DJ1 is a high power mainline electric freight locomotive built as a double locomotive unit of two nominally independent single cab units.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 8.2 MW is about 96 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 35.2 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001–2003
- in service from
- 2001
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Siemens, CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., Siemens Traction Equipment Ltd., Zhuzhou
- operators
- China State Railway Group, Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 8.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2(Bo'Bo')
- length
- 35.2 m
- weight
- 92 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q860763, Wikipedia: China Railways DJ1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.