Summary
ND2 is the name for a Romanian diesel-electric locomotive, produced by Electroputere, exported to and employed in China by China Railway. It was made for the purpose of heavy transport.
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History edit
ND2 is a derivative of LDE2100 (060DA) locomotive. The Chinese Ministry of Railways started importing this locomotive in 1974 under a barter arrangement to fill a gap in the domestic locomotive production.
Most of the class were based at Shanghai Bureau, with some others working as far south as Guangzhou. At its apex, ND2 class was the predominant passenger power south of Yangtze River.
Rated at 2300 hp UIC, ND2 traces its lineage back to a Swiss design created by SLM and Sulzer. Externally, ND2 bears resemblance to Ae 6/6 Swiss electric locomotives.[1]
Production edit
A total number of 284 ND2 locomotives were produced. The ND2s are now being withdrawn but a few were exported back to Romania.[2] Romanian private freight operator GFR now operates a few ND2 locomotives that were exported back to Romania, repainted and had their couplers changed.
References edit
- ^ Diesel Electric Locomotive LDE 2100 HP Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About ND2". Archived from the original on 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
External links edit
- Railways of China
- [1] a history of ND2, Sulzer and its Swiss lineage