1. The diary was about Europe.

2. EMD and GE make diesel-electrics, not electrics. (Their European exports will feature in a future diary on modern diesel heavy-haul in Europe.)

3. Apart from four failed prototypes (AC4000, DJ - this one with ADtranz motors and locally-made inverters -, DJ2, Tiansuo), the Chinese makers' modern locos were all technology transfers, from all three of the big European makers plus one from Japan.
   

• DJ1, HX_D1 (2x4-axle twin locos), HX_D1B, HX_D1C (6-axle): Siemens EuroSprinter (tech transfer to Zhuzhou)
  
• HX_D2 (2x4-axle), HX_D2B (6-axle): Alstom Prima (tech transfer to Datong)
  
• HX_D3 (6-axle): Toshiba EH500, with Voith Turbo drives (tech transfer to Dalian)
  
• HX_D3B (6-axle): Bombardier TRAXX (tech transfer to Dalian)

A picture of what was the pinnacle of domestic development, the SS9[G]; which has wound-field motors (and a continuous power rating of only 4.8MW on six axles), which got an external styling retro-engineered from the ABB Lok 2000 exported to Hong Kong:

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}