The Shaoshan 3 (Chinese: 韶山三) is a type of

electric locomotive An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or gas ...

used on the

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's national railway system. This locomotive was the third Chinese electric main line locomotive, built by the

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. is one of the electric locomotive manufacturers in China. It is one of the subsidiaries of CRRC. History Predecessor Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works was founded in 1936. CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. O ...

. The power supply was industrial-frequency single-phase AC, and the axle arrangement Co-Co.

Manufacturers

SS3s have been manufactured by several companies: *Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works (0001～0677;4001～4008;4085～4104;5029～5251) *

Datong Electric Locomotive Works Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cen ...

(6001～6095;4009～4084;4108～4556) *

Ziyang Locomotive Works CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese locomotive manufacturer, one of the subsidiaries of CRRC. The plant was located in Ziyang, Sichuan Province. History CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as The company) is a subsidiary of CRRC Corpo ...

(8001～8057) *CRRC Taiyuan Co.,Ltd. (4105～4107)

Preservation

*SS3-0001: is preserved at the

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*SS3-0023: is preserved at

Central South University Central South University (CSU; ) is a national public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China Ministry of Education. It is a Chinese state Double Fir ...

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红网 *SS3-0054: is preserved at the

*SS3-0450: is preserved at Liuzhou Railway Vacational Technical College *SS3-4493: is preserved at Taiyuan Locomotive Depot, Taiyuan Railway Bureau

Gallery

File:SS3 0054 in China Railway Museum 20180223.jpg, SS3-0054 in China Railway Museum File:SS3 0637 20111117.jpg, SS3-0637 in Guiyang Locomotive Depot, Chengdu Railway Bureau File:SS3 0325 Bogie 20111117.jpg, SS3-0325's Bogie File:SS3 4506 20111117.jpg, SS3-4506 (4000 Series) in Guiyang Locomotive Depot. File:SS3B 5190.jpg, SS3－5190（4000 Series） File:China Railways SS3 0029 20180128.jpg, SS3-0029 in Litang Railway Station

References

External links

''SS3型电力机车''_TrainNets.com
(Chinese) Co-Co locomotives Electric locomotives of China, SS3 25 kV AC locomotives CNR Datong Electric Locomotive Co. locomotives Zhuzhou locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1978 Standard gauge locomotives of China {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub