Red Flag 2000-class locomotive

Red Flag 2000

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Kim Chong-t'ae Works North Korea
Build date	1968

Specifications
UIC class	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Electric system(s)	3,000 V DC
Current collection	Pantographs
Couplers	AAR knuckle

Performance figures
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Power output	2,120 kW (2,840 hp)

Career
Operators	Korean State Railway
Class	붉은기2000 Pulg'ŭn'gi-2000
Number in class	≥43
Numbers	2001-2043

The Red Flag 2000-class (Korean: 붉은기2000 Pulg'ŭn'gi-2000) is an electric locomotive built by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works for the Korean State Railway. They are used primarily for hauling non-express passenger trains on mainlines in North Korea;^[1] they are frequently seen on the P'yŏngŭi Line.

Internally, in terms of their electrical and mechanical components, the Red Flag 2000-class locomotives are based on the Red Flag 1-class, but with Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, riding on two-axle roller bearing bogies. The boxy body is of a hood-type design, with a cab at one end, external walkways around the long hood. They are generally operated with the long hood forward. Producing 2,120 kilowatts (2,840 hp), they entered service in 1968.^[2] At least 43 were built, numbered 붉은기2001 to 붉은기2043, and most are painted in the standard light blue over dark blue livery, though a few have been noted in the newer two-tone light green over dark green scheme. One locomotive, number 2015, carries special titles on the sides reading Chŏngju Sŏnyon-ho (정주소년호, "Chŏngju Youth-class"). This is a feature shared with rebuilt locomotives of the Red Flag 1 and Red Flag 2 classes, but it is not known if this means this unit has been rebuilt.

References

↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
↑ "【原创】朝鲜铁路机车车辆概况一览 -- 一介书生" [[Original] Korea List of railway rolling stock before - scholar]. cchere.com (in Chinese). July 2, 2013.

Korean State Railway Standard-Gauge Motive Power

Electric locomotives	100 150 170 200 300 500 0000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000-5100-5200-5300 5400 6000 7000 90000 Chŏngiha Chŏngidu Chŏngisŏ Kanghaenggun Škoda 22E₂

Diesel locomotives	100 150 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 3000 8000 Red Flag CSE26-21

Steam locomotives	100 150 400 424 475 500 6000 8000 8100 FD20 Ol49 TKt48

Electric multiple units	100 150 500 900 1000 Juche

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