The Shaoshan 6 () 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 sixth 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 overall arrangement of SS6 is similar to SS3. The main circuit of SS6 is influenced by the 6K, an electric locomotive model imported from

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

Preservation

* SS6-0001: is preserved at Zhengzhou Railway Driver College. * SS6-0002: is preserved at China Railway Museum.

References

Co′Co′ locomotives SS6 25 kV AC locomotives Zhuzhou locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1991 Standard gauge locomotives of China {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub

Preservation

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