China Railways HXD3

The China Railways HXD3 is an electric locomotive built in mainland China by CRRC Dalian Locomotives and designed for hauling 5,000 tonne freight trains on main lines. It was jointly developed by CNR Dalian Locomotives and Toshiba. The first prototype, numbered SSJ3-0001, was rolled out from Dalian and tested on the loop track of Beijing CARS in 2004. Dalian began mass production that year against an order of 60 locomotives from the Ministry of Railways, and the first mass-produced locomotive was rolled out in 2006. The ministry later raised the order to 240, then to 640 and finally to 1,040 locomotives. Most of them were allocated to freight workings on the Jinghu and Jingguang railways.