Huge order for largest electric locomotive manufacturer

摘要

The Ministry of Railways' Chengdu Railway Administration has placed an 8.6bn yuan order with China South for 590 six-axle 7.2 MW electric locomotives with AC drives, to be built by CSR Zhuzhou (420) and CSR Ziyang (170) for delivery within 12 months.rnCSR has now won four orders to supply a total of 1710 HXD1 'Harmony' electric locomotives. Production capacity has been increased to 800 locomotives a year, which CSR says makes it the world s largest electric locomotive manufacturer.