The Shaoshan 3B (Chinese: 韶山3B/大3B) 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 g ...
used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. This locomotive was built by the Ziyang Electric Locomotive Works. The power supply was industrial-frequency single-phase AC, and the axle arrangement Co-Co+Co-Co.
SS3B Electric Locomotive is a twelve shaft fixing reconnection heavy freight electric locomotive which based on two six-axle locomotives connected.
Named locomotives
* SS3B-5001: "Pioneer in power of God" (Chinese: 先锋力神)
Gallery
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File:China Railways SS3B 6055 20171203.jpg,
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Main users
SS3Bs have been used by several users:
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China Railway Corporation
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 ...
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Chengdu Railway Bureau
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Nanning Railway Bureau
China Railway Nanning Group, officially abbreviated as CR Nanning or CR-Nanning, formerly, Nanning Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railway). It supervises the ...
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Guangzhou Railway Group Co., Ltd.
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Kunming Railway Bureau
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Xi'an Railway Bureau
* Xiaoyi-Liulin Railway
* Dongsheng-Wuhai Railway
[Dongsheng-Wuhai Railway, is a 315.753-kilometre railway in ]Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
, China opened in 2008. Its start point is at Dongsheng and ends at Wuhai
Wuhai (; mn, ''Üqai qota'', Mongolian cyrillic.Үхай хот) is a prefecture-level city and regional center in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, and is by area the smallest prefecture-level division of the region. It is located ...
.
Manufacturers
SS3Bs have been manufactured by several companies:
* Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works (0001～0119)
* Datong Electric Locomotive Works (6001～6129)
* Ziyang Locomotive Works (5001～5104)
* Dalian locomotive works (7001)
See also
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China Railways SS1
The Shaoshan 1 ( Nickname: ) is a type of AC-powered electric locomotive used by China Railway. This locomotive was the first Chinese electric main line locomotive, built by the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works with the assistance of the Soviet ...
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China Railways SS3
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China Railways SS4
The Shaoshan 4 (Chinese: 韶山4) is a type of electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system. This locomotive was built by the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works. The power supply was industrial-frequency sing ...
References
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Standard gauge locomotives of China