The invention discloses a cleaning brush for cooling pieces of a locomotive traction component. The cleaning brush includes cleaning parts, base plates, first connecting rods and first handles; the cleaning brush is composed of the two independent cleaning parts, the cleaning parts extend into a groove composed of the adjacent cooling pieces, and the cleaning parts make contact with the cooling pieces and clean the cooling pieces; the two independent cleaning parts are attached to the two independent base plates; the two first connecting rods are arranged in an intersected mode, the intersected portion is connected through a second hinge, and one end of each of the two connecting rod is connected with the corresponding base plate; the other ends, not connected with the two base plates, of the two first connecting rods are fixedly connected with the two first handles, the first connecting rods are provided with bending parts, two V-shaped second connecting rods are connected between the second hinge of the first connecting rod and the first handles through third hinges respectively, and the second connecting rods are provided with second handles. The cleaning brush is special for the cooling pieces of the locomotive traction component, the cleaning efficiency is improved, the cleaning effect is improved, and cleaning action is simplified.