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Red Flag 2000
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Kim Chong-t'ae Works  North Korea Build date 1968
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Electric system/s 3,000 V DC Current pickup(s) 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, intended for use as a marshalling locomotive. They are used primarily for hauling non-express passenger trains on mainlines in North Korea; 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. 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

1. "Electric locomotives 50 times". The Pyongyang Times. October 26, 1985. p. 5.
2. Kokubu, Hayato (January 2007). 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
3. "【原创】朝鲜铁路机车车辆概况一览 -- 一介书生" [ Korea List of railway rolling stock before - scholar]. cchere.com (in Chinese). July 2, 2013.
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Locomotives	Steam (Tender) Degaha→8100 Koroha Madŏha→7100 Madŏdu→7200 Migaha (ex-Mantetsu)→6000+6100 Migaha (ex-Sentetsu)→6100 Migadu→6200 Migasŏ→6300 Miganŏ→6400 Migayu→6600 Mogaha Paruha Pasiha Pasidu Pasisŏ (ex-Sentetsu) Pasisŏ (ex-Mantetsu) Pasinŏ Pasio Pasiyu Sigŭha Soriyu Tŏuha Tŏudu Tŏusŏ Tŏunŏ Tŏuo Tŏuyu 150 424 475 [cs] 8000 8500 Ol49 Steam (Tank) Purŏha→1100 Purŏdu→1200 Purŏsŏ (ex-Sentetsu)→1300 Purŏsŏ (ex-Mantetsu)→1300 Purŏnŏ→1400 Purŏo→1500 Purŏyu→1600 Purŏch'i→1700 Purŏp'a→1800 Sadaha 100 4110 Electric 100 150 170 200 300 500 0000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000-5100-5200-5300 5400 6000 7000 90000 Chŏngiha Chŏngidu Chŏngisŏ Chŏngi5 Kanghaenggun Diesel 100 150 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 3000 8000 Red Flag CSE26-21 DF8B
Railcars & trainsets	Electric 100 150 500 900 1000 Juche unknown 6 car EMU Petrol Keha
Narrow-gauge locomotives	Steam 400 500 600 (630) (655) (660) (700) (900) 1500 Diesel (D) Electric Charyŏk Kaengsaeng Chŏnginŏ Ch'ŏngnyŏnjŏl Kinyŏm

• Kim Chong-tae Works locomotives
• 3000 V DC locomotives
• Railway locomotives introduced in 1968
• Bo′Bo′ locomotives
• Standard gauge locomotives of North Korea