CRRC Datong

is a Chinese railway locomotive manufacturing plant based in Datong, Shanxi, China, founded in 1953.

The Datong Locomotive Factory was founded in 1954 as part of the first Chinese five-year plan for economic development.

[4] Steam locomotive production at Datong was a vertically integrated process, starting from raw steel.

[1] The company was also jointly involved with Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works in the high-speed passenger EMU development project China Star in 2002.

[10][11] The company has entered into joint ventures with ABC Rail Products (1996, castings), Stennmann (2002, Pantographs), Alstom (2004, locomotive manufacture), ABB Group (2007, electric transformers), SEMCO (India) (2007, wheelsets) and Faiveley (2007, railway couplers).