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Nigeria's minister for transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi was in China where he inspected some locomotive trains that are due for delivery to Nigeria soon. The trains will be used for the Abuja-Kaduna and Lagos-Ibadan rail lines. CRRC is the company responsible for the building, assembling and construction of the locomotive train, they decided to invite the minister to their factor in Qishuyan for a test run of the trains. CRRC Qishuyan dispatched the first batch of 10 locomotives and DMUs, these trains are due to arrive in Nigeria anytime soon.

Part of the trains that are due to arrive in Nigeria is the NDJ3(N) and DF11G(N) enger locomotives, this is the first batch, the second batch will be unveiled soon. we did a report on this, you can read it here.

According to reports, the contract was awarded to CRRC Qishuyan to supply 4 NDJ3(N) DMUs, 6 DF11G(N) enger locomotives, 9 DF8B(N) freight locomotives and 2 DF7G(N) shunting locomotives for the Lagos - Ibadan Railway and Abuja - Kaduna Railway. The first batch of 10 locomotives will be dispatched by the end of October 2019.

AutoReportNG did a review of the trains and specs of these trains and this might interest you...

DF11G Quasi-high Speed enger Diesel Locomotive

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DF11G double-heading quasi-high speed enger diesel locomotive is specially developed for grand speedup of the railway. Currently, it is the main diesel locomotive run on China railway. It is equipped with the 16V280ZJA main diesel engine for traction, LonWorks network control is utilized, the speed monitoring system is set up for running safety and dynamic brake device is incorporated with full-power self-load function. Auxiliary diesel generator set with power supply functions for enger cars is also equipped.

The double-heading locomotive is of enough power reserve, the superior performance of starting and accelerating, guaranteed reliability of key components, which is suitable for long routing.

Basic locomotive parameters:

Purpose
enger transport

Rail gage
1435mm

Transmission mode
AC-DC transmission

Axle arrangement
2（Co-Co）

Axle load
23t

Max. Service Power of the engine
2x 3610kW

Max. Operating Speed
170km/h

Constant speed
83.5 km/h

Maximum starting tractive effort
2x 193kN

Continuous tractive effort
2 x 125kN

Minimum curvature radius negotiated
145m

The capacity of the fuel tank
2x 7500L

Locomotive length
2x 22200mm

NDJ3 Quasi-high Speed DMU

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NDJ3 “Harmony and the Great Wall” DMU is developed under the transportation demand of Beijing Olympic Games, which commutes between Beijingbei and Yanqing. This DMU is a “2 motor-cars and 7 trailing cars” unit with one motor-car at each end and seven trailing enger cars fixed in between. The locomotive is equipped with 12V280ZJ diesel engine. The maximum running speed is 160km/h.

Based on mature technologies, long-term operation and inspection results that got from medium and large overhaul, the performance and reliability of main components such as diesel engine, bogie frame, car body, traction motor used for NDJ3 DMU have been well verified. It is well suited for a long steep grade.

Since NDJ3 DMU was formally put into operation in 2008, this train set has been running safely and reliably for 8 years and was well recognized by customers, It was awarded the first Prize of Scientific & Technological Progress of China Railway Society in 2009.

Basic parameters of diesel motor-car:

Purpose
enger transport

Rail gage
1435mm

Transmission mode
AC-DC transmission

Axle arrangement
A1A-A1A

Axle load
21t

Max. Service Power of the engine
2760kW

Max. Operating Speed
160km/h

Constant speed
59.3km/h

Maximum starting tractive effort
187.3kN

Continuous tractive effort
121kN

Minimum curvature radius negotiated
145m

Capacity of fuel tank
5500L

Locomotive length
20990mm

These are pictures from the inspection and test driving which held at CRRC factory in China.

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Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/10/see-new-trains-that-will-be-used-for.html

God bless FG and all those who wish it well

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AutoReportNG:
God bless FG and all those who wish it well

Amen, even though I know the FG has no business doing this and should rather be left to regional/state governments to handle.

now una are getting high speed trains....una happy now....??
and china use this type of trains as standard in china....

I laugh in Ojukwu

Kapeter:
They have no other option than to provide this things for us. They met us developed unlike our brethrens from the yeast. They set us back to 1920's in the name of One Nigeria. If not them we'll have gone far. They keep abandoning our brothers from the other side because they know they are the ones that need One Nigeria and not the other way round. I laugh in ibo.

see zombies everywhere. goodness

"Harmony and the Great Wall” DMU is developed under the transportation demand of Beijing Olympic Games, which commutes between Beijingbei and Yanqing.

Let me just say this, in the write up, you wrote Beijingbei, you could just write Beijing North, bei 北 means North. Beijing itself means Northern Capital, while Nan 南 means south. Nanjing is another city in China.

Look nice

azpekuliar:


Amen, even though I know the FG has no business doing this and should rather be left to relgional/state governments to handle.

This one is in sefia pains.

Ok

Rubbish wen china is using meglev we are using locomotive shame

Many dunce would want a light rail used for short distance inner city metroline/Subways

they only watch subway trains in movies and dont know what Standard Guarge Long distance hualage train looks like

Weyrey People want Bullet train that cost $1bn at minimum yet thier Drunkard of a Governor cant even afford Tokunbo Fire Fighting Trucks and Extinguishers

Even UK and US dont have maglev trains and bullet trains, or how many people in lagos or ibadan would pay $50 or 17k for a ride to the next state


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Some people are happy with this nonsense, it God knows how much this piece of trash cost. Ordinary South Africa are using Bombardier Electrostar, but we are getting NDJ3 Quasi that will stop working by 2022

Commendable. Doing 80kmph on this locomotive [and the standard gauge] defeats its very purpose. We need it running at a minimum of 120kmph to achieve its aim. With that, one can make Kaduna [from Abuja] in about 1hr40mins, as against the almost 3hrs travel time.

P.S.: Nairaland should do more in cleansing itself of these filthy guys. Its stock is fast dropping...

azpekuliar:


Amen, even though I know the FG has no business doing this and should rather be left to regional/state governments to handle.

like the one lagos is handling ba. Abeg

Undisclosed:
Rubbish wen china is using meglev we are using locomotive shame

Abegi...No be everything una go wail on top

Ok

Nice bt pls don’t let the Chinese give us substandard or the usual replicas. Thx

train wey dem paint chai.

Ok

How much?

Thought twas the maglev (magnetic levitation) speed train.

O Lord I am tired of pictures, O Lord I am tired of the pictures, O Lord I am tired of the pictures, my Lord deliver me.
All for the pictures

Noted