Power type Electric Build date 1998–2006 UIC class Co′Co′ | Model SS9 Total produced 214 (as of 2006) | |
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Builder Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works | ||
The Shaoshan 9(Chinese: 韶山9) is a type of electric locomotive used on China Railways. They are mainly used in pulling sub-highspeed passenger trains. Developed and built by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works, the SS9 was designed for the fifth national railway speedup, and 2 prototypes were completed on December 26, 1998.
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Modified version
Zhuzhou built 43 first generation SS9's. Beginning in 2002, a modified version of the SS9 was designed and built, with a body shape similar to the Re 460 locomotive running on Switzerland's national railway, SBB.
Accident
Number SS9-0004 was scrapped and replaced by a new modified one due to a derailment accident which occurred on November 19, 2004.
References
China Railways SS9 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA