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The SS8 is a 25kV 50 Hz AC electric locomotive used on the Peoples’ Republic of China’s national railway system. The only route they were used on was the Jingguang line the railway line linking Beijing West Railway Station with Guangzhou Guangdong.The SS8 is based on its predecessor the SS5 and was developed and built by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works. A total of 245 (0001–0243 2001–2002)[citation needed] SS8s have been built since 1994. Batch production commenced in 1997.
