- China Railways NJ2
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NJ2 Power type Diesel-Electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Model C38AChe UIC classification Co'Co' Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Axle load 23 t (23 long tons; 25 short tons) Locomotive weight 138 t (136 long tons; 152 short tons) Power output 3,800 kW (5,100 hp) Career Qingzang railway Number NJ20001-NJ20078 Locale China NJ2 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives employed by China Railways. Built in Erie, Pennsylvania, it is a standard GE Transportation Systems GE Dash 9-44CW and marketed as GE C38AChe. It was specially-designed for high altitude operation on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway route. It is used on the Qingzang Railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China. It is a 3800hp Co-Co design (Railway Magazine Dec 2006 p36).
See also
- C38Emi - variant of GE Dash 9-44CW operating in Brazil
- GE C36-7 - operated by CR as ND5 locomotives
- China Railways HXN5 - GE Evolution ES-59ACi
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