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what is it?
The Chichibu Railway Class DeKi 100 (秩父鉄道デキ100形電気機関車) is a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotive type operated by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, primarily on freight services, since 1951. As of 1 April 2016, six (DeKi 102-105, 107-108) out of the original eight locomotives are in operation.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 800 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1956
- status
- in service
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- Chichibu Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 800 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 12.6 m
- weight
- 50 t
- Dutch name
- Chichibu Railway DeKi 100
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11596161, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway Class DeKi 100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.