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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. デキ500(507): Kznrhsd· CC0
- 2. Chichibu railway deki507 20110606: ja:User:DD51612· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Chichibu railway deki500 507: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Chichibu Railway Deki 500 electric locomotive freight train 2017-11-05 (25189469957): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway Class DeKi 500 (秩父鉄道デキ500形) 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 1973. As of 1 April 2016, all of the original seven 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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- 920 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1973–1980
- status
- in service
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- Chichibu Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 920 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- weight
- 50 t
- Dutch name
- Chichibu Railway DeKi 500
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11596165, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway Class DeKi 500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.