China Railways 8K

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alstom(Most of 8Ks); Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works(Last two 8Ks-149 and 150)
Build date	1987-1989
Total produced	150

8K
8K
	8K-069
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alstom(Most of 8Ks); Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works(Last two 8Ks-149 and 150)
Build date	1987-1989
Total produced	150
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length	36.228 m (118.86 ft)(between coupler centers)
Width	3.048 m (10.00 ft)
Height	3.980 m (13.06 ft)
Adhesive weight	23 t (22.6 long tons; 25.4 short tons)
Loco weight	184 t (181.1 long tons; 202.8 short tons)
Electric system/s	25 kV AC Catenary
Current pickup	Pantograph
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	150 km/h (93 mph)
Operators
Career
Operators	China Railway
Numbers	8K-001-8K-150
Nicknames	法国橙 (French Orange)

The 8K is a French-built electric locomotive used in China. It is developed and built by Alstom. The design of 8K is based on SNCF Class BB 15000 electric locomotives. It is a kind of locomotives with Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′ wheel arrangement used in China.

8K Electric Locomotive is an eight shaft fixing reconnection heavy freight electric locomotive which based on two four-axle locomotives connected.

Retirement took place between 2010 and 2015 due to the increasingly serious lack of spare parts.^[1]

Preservation