The Shaoshan 9 (Chinese: 韶山9) 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

China Railway China State Railway Group Company, Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China. China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout Ch ...

. 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.

Modified version

Zhuzhou built 43 first generation SS9's. Beginning in 2002, a modified version of the SS9 was designed and built. A total of 173(0004 & 0044～0213) SS9s have been built. SS9G-0095@BJI (20141228155635).JPG, A modified version of SS9, unofficially called SS9G, at

Beijing railway station Beijing railway station (), or simply Beijing station (), is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The station is located just southeast of the city centre inside the Second Ring Road with Beijing Station Street to the nort ...

in 2014. SS9G 0101 at Guangzhou Railway Station (8653801135).jpg, SS9(G) 0101 in

Guangzhou railway station Guangzhou railway station serves the city of Guangzhou. It sits on the high speed Guangshen railway just west of Guangzhou East. CRH trains from Guangzhou serves Shenzhen six times daily. Services from this station include trains to Beijing ( ...

. China Railways SS9(G) 0158.jpg, SS9(G) 0158

Accident

Number SS9-0004 was scrapped and replaced by a new modified one due to a derailment accident which occurred on November 19, 2004.

External links

SS9 electric locomotive_Official product specification (Zhuzhou)
25 kV AC locomotives Co-Co locomotives SS9 Zhuzhou locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1998 {{Electric-loco-stub