CMR 8K Dual Electric Locomotive - HO DC (DCC Ready)

8K electric locomotive , is People's Republic of China Ministry of Railways in 1980 through an international tender, according to the "combination of technology and trade" approach of the European fifty Hertz Group ordered the introduction of electric locomotive models, investment Phongsali railway , Beijing-Baotou railway use, play Jin The traction task of coal trains for coal transportation. There are a total of 150 8K locomotives, of which 148 are imported from France , and the remaining 2 are trial-produced by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Factory through technology transfer by 50 Hertz Group . In the digestion and absorption of a large number of advanced technologies 8K electric locomotive on, not only the technical level and quality of Chinese-made electric locomotive greatly improved, and promote the development of China-made locomotive design, project management and supporting technology, the later Shaoshan type 4 The development and improvement of domestic electric locomotives such as , Shaoshan 5 and Shaoshan 6 have had a positive impact.