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China Railways SS3B

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The Shaoshan 3B, written SS3B, is a type of electric locomotive used on the national railway system of the People's Republic of China. It is a twelve-axle heavy freight locomotive made by coupling two six-axle locomotives, with a Co-Co+Co-Co axle arrangement, and takes industrial-frequency single-phase AC power. The Ziyang Electric Locomotive Works built it, and the article records that several companies manufactured the type: the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works built numbers 0001 to 0119, the Datong Electric Locomotive Works numbers 6001 to 6129, Ziyang numbers 5001 to 5104 and the Dalian locomotive works number 7001. Users have included the China Railway Corporation and the Chengdu, Nanning, Kunming and Xi'an railway bureaus, and the Guangzhou Railway Group, the Xiaoyi-Liulin Railway and the Dongsheng-Wuhai Railway. SS3B-5001 carries the name Pioneer in power of God.

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This locomotive was built by the Ziyang Electric Locomotive Works.

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used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system
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    is a type of electric locomotive
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    The power supply was industrial-frequency single-phase AC
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    This locomotive was built by the Ziyang Electric Locomotive Works.
  • Lead, country of origin
    used on the People's Republic of China's national railway system
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