CRRC Datong Co. Ltd. () is a Chinese railway locomotive manufacturing plant based in
Datong
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 cens ...
,
Shanxi
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,
China
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, founded 1953. The factory was a major producer of steam locomotives for the Chinese market up to 1988 when production switched to diesel powered locomotives. By the 1990s electric locomotives had begun to be produced, and became the major product of the works.
In 2003 the factory became CNR Datong Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd. (DELC) and a subsidiary of
China CNR Corporation
China CNR Corporation Limited (CNR) was a primary manufacturer of locomotives and rolling stock for the Chinese market. The company has also exported to over 80 countries and regions, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Hong Kong, Ne ...
as part of a re-organisation of the Chinese railway manufacturing industry.
History
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''Datong Locomotive Factory'' was founded in 1954 as part of the first
Chinese five-year plan for economic development.
The first locomotive was produced in 1959.
By 1988 the factory had produced over 5000 steam locomotives, and was a major steam locomotive manufacturer in the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
by the 1980s manufacturing between 250 and 300 locomotives yearly; many of these units were
QJ "march forward" 2-10-2 heavy freight locomotives. Steam locomotive production at Datong was a
vertically integrated
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process, starting from raw steel. The last steam locomotive to be produced at the plant, and in China, was made on 21 December 1988.
In the 1980s the plant began to manufacture diesel locomotives, including types
DF4B and
DF4C. By 1999 over 600 diesel locomotives had been produced.
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In 1990 the plant began to produce electric locomotives - the
SS7 six axle Bo'Bo'Bo' and the
SS7E Co'Co' mainline electrics were developed and manufactured at Datong.
The company was also jointly involved with
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 ...
in the high-speed passenger EMU development project ''
China Star
China Star (Simp. Chinese: 中华之星, a.k.a. DJJ2) is an indigenously designed experimental high speed train manufactured in China. It is an EMU train developed from the DJJ1 "Blue Arrow" high speed train by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works. ...
'' in 2002.
In 2003 the company became part of the
China CNR Corporation
China CNR Corporation Limited (CNR) was a primary manufacturer of locomotives and rolling stock for the Chinese market. The company has also exported to over 80 countries and regions, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Hong Kong, Ne ...
, as ''CNR Datong Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd.''.
In 2004 the company entered into a manufacturing and technology transfer agreement with
Alstom
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
, leading to the production of the
HXD2 series of locomotive classes. The first HXD2 locomotive to be manufactured in China was completed in 2007.
In August 2012, the first example of a localised version of the HXD2 locomotive was produced by the factory, numbered HXD2-1001.
Joint ventures
The company has entered into joint ventures with
ABC Rail Products
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(1996, castings),
Stennmann (2002, Pantographs),
Alstom
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
(2004, locomotive manufacture),
ABB Group
ABB Ltd. is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. The company was formed in 1988 when Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie merged to create ...
(2007, electric transformers), SEMCO (India) (2007, Wheelsets) and
Faiveley (2007, railway couplers).
Museum
The factory site also included a museum, in 2004 the collection was moved to Beijing.
Notes
References
External links
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* Social history of Datong locomotive factory (perspective)
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CRRC Group
CNR Datong Electric Locomotive Co.