The design was revealed in 2009: a 7.2 MW power six axle, 150-tonne, Co'Co' locomotive.

[1] This type of locomotive can draft a 5000-5500t freight train at a gradient of not more than 12‰ of middle-east lines in China.

It has high cost performance and distinct comprehensive environmental protection, energy-saving and economic benefits, and meanwhile, it is another main locomotive of Chinese railway transportation in future.

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