#3832· JNR EF65
JNR Class EF65
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Fuji Electric· from 1965· Japanese electric locomotive type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EF65-1104: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. EF65-1103: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. EF65-1118 Makuhari Depot 20101009: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. EF65-501 Takasaki-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. EF65-535: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. EF65 1019 superexpress rainbow: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. EF65 1124 Twilight Express 20151219: kh ws· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Ef65 105 euroliner: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. JNR EF65-114 8866: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. JRE-EF65-1029-ORIENT-EXPRESS: Cassiopeia_sweet· Public domain
what is it?
The Class EF65 (EF65形) is a 6-axle (Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement) DC electric locomotive type operated on passenger and freight services in Japan since 1965. A total of 308 locomotives were built between 1965 and 1979, with 52 still in service as of 1 April 2016.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 2.6 MW is about 30 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 61 years.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1979
- in service from
- 1965
- status
- in service
- number built
- 308
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Fuji Electric, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Nippon Sharyo, Toshiba
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, West Japan Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company, Japan Freight Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 2.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC Overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'Bo'
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 96 t
- Dutch name
- JNR EF65
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3892972, Wikipedia: JNR Class EF65 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.