World s most powerful six-axle electric locomotive offline at CSR

On January 16, the harmonious type high-power AC-driven six-axle electric freight locomotive 9,600-kilowatt with China s independent intellectual property rights came offline at China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited CSR. Independently designed and developed by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. known as the cradle of Chinese electric locomotives , the model, a perfect integration of the world s cutting-edge technologies for high-power AC-driven electric locomotives, is the world s most advanced and powerful railway traction power equipment and will become one of the major models for heavy-load transportation on the main lines of Chinese railway, and may be rated as a landmark project for the modernization of Chinese railway locomotives.

In recent years, in a bid to fulfill the scientific concept of development and meet the requirement of the Central Government for building an innovative country, step up the independent innovation of China s railways, and rapidly improve the modernization of railway equipment, the Ministry of Railways has mapped out the strategic goal of mastering world top technologies, manufacturing world top products and building a world top base , and has joined hands with Hunan Province to establish a world top railway equipment manufacturing platform.

As the leader in the development of electric locomotives in China, CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. seize hold of the opportunity to independently develop the world s advanced harmonious high-power AC-driven six-axle 9,600-kilowatt electric locomotive on the basis of introducing the technology for the harmonious I type high-power AC-driven eight-axle 9,600-kilowatt electric locomotive and successfully carrying out the localization project, marking a good mastery of key technologies like integration of the world s advanced high-power AC-driven electric locomotive systems by Chinese locomotive manufacturers.