Red Flag 5400-class locomotive

Red Flag 5400

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

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

Performance figures Power output 3,160 kilowatts (4,240 hp)

Career Operators Korean State Railway Class 붉은기5400 Pulg'ŭn'gi-5400 Number in class ≥25 Numbers 붉은기5399, 붉은기5401 - 붉은기5424

The 5400-series Red Flag-class (붉은기, Pulg'ŭn'gi) is a class of universal mainline electric locomotives built by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works for the Korean State Railway.

In 1981, the Korean State Railway took delivery of seven Francorail-MTE CSE26-21 diesel locomotives from France, followed by five more in 1985.^[1] Due to oil shortages in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was decided to develop a new electric locomotive based on these diesels. Like all locomotive development in the DPRK, this work was carried out by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works in P'yŏngyang.^[2]

Apparently intended as a replacement for the Red Flag 1-class locomotives, these locomotives, of which at least 25 have been built, incorporate components copied from the original French parts. Used for mainline passenger and freight service, thesey produce 3,160 kilowatts (4,240 hp)^[3] and are painted in the standard light blue over dark green livery, or its newer light green/dark green variant.

References

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