International Railroad Discussion > Chinese Train ... in Africa?

A locomotive lettered for the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation sits on the new Djibouti - Ethiopia rail line as I pass by. This appears to be associated with Maintenance-of-Way operations. Can anyone identify the type & horsepower of this locomotive?

BTW, this is on the portion east of the Nagad, Djibouti station, where electrification stops and continues to the port as an all diesel-powered line.

There was a news article one month ago that announced the line was to open in October. Yes, there are still 6 days left, but I have yet to see a single moving piece of equipment here on the Djibouti end of the line. Anyone got eyes-on in Addis Ababa?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/16 11:53 by Highspeed.

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Nice pic, Mike! Looks like the power that replaced the QJ's on the JiTong, but more likely a much later model (that's been almost 11 years ago, now!).

Definitely a DF4, not sure which variant.

From photos from several sources, including Facebook, CCECC appears to have had DF4D 418-008, 009, 011 in Djibouti - Ethiopia
They also used at least 2 CKD2
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/locomotives-reach-ethiopia-by-road.html?sword_list%5B%5D=ethiopia&no_cache=1

CRRC Dalian have assembled a number od CKD3A for Ethopian Railways numbers commence at ERS0001
http://chr.swjtu.edu.cn/news/shownews-EF4E164D0393EA4A.html

Other Chinese track construction contractors are using DF4, Work forward and backward from page 30, probably a hundred or so photos of locos in Ethiopia
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=845760&page=30