《机车电传动》创刊于1960年，国内外公开发行，交通运输（铁路运输）类核心科技期刊，是中国轨道交通牵引动力领域创办最早的科技期刊之一，也是国家第一批认证的学术期刊。
Electric Drive for Locomotives Journal was founded in 1960 and issued at home and abroad, which belonged to the core journals of transportation (railway transportation) classification. It was one of the earliest technical journals of China rail transit traction power field, and it’s earned periodical which first to receive national certification.
期刊以“宣传轨道交通行业技术政策，及时报道行业科技新理论、新技术和新方法，服务技术创新的推广和运用，促进行业技术进步与产业发展”为宗旨，内容涵盖机车、动车、城轨车辆、城际列车、磁悬浮列车、有轨电车及智能轨道交通车等车型及其相关技术。
The purpose of the periodical is: promoting rail transit industry technical policy, reporting new theory, new technology and new method of science industry, serving the promotion and application of technology innovation, promoting industrial technological progress and industry growth. The journal content contains locomotive, EMU, urban rail vehicle, inter-city train, maglev train, tramcar, intelligent rail transit vehicle and related technology.