Power type Electric Total produced 521 | Build date 2012- UIC class Co'Co' | |
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Builder Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) | ||
China Railways HXD3D (Chinese: 和谐电3D型电力机车 / 和谐D3D型电力机车) is a high horsepower electric locomotive of China rated at 7.5 MW as it uses 6 Toshiba traction motors rated at 1.25 MW. The locomotive was produced by Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company. Like the China Railways HXD1D, China Railways HXD3D is expected to ease the tension in railway operation of quasi-high speed locomotives, and to fill a gap in China mainland of the actual quasi-high speed application of high power AC locomotives.
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The first number locomotive (0001 number) and locomotive number 8001 have a "rainbow" paint coating. However, other locomotives are using the "orangutan" paint coating.
References
China Railways HXD3D Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA