6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EF52 1 Kyoto Railway Museum 20161017: Cheng-en Cheng from Taipei City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. JNR Class EF52 1 Kyoto Railway Museum 20-09-2024: BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
- 3. JGR-EF52: Kone· Public domain
- 4. EF52 1-01: Gohachiyasu1214· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. EF52 1-02: Gohachiyasu1214· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. JNR-EF52-1: Hanabi123 ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class EF52 was a class of electric locomotive built between 1928 and 1931 in Japan. Although mainline electric locomotives had been designed and manufactured domestically since the introduction of the Class ED15 in 1924, the arrival of the Class EF52 marked the end of importing locomotives to acquire technology.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Served for 47 years (1928–1975).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1931
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1975
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, Ministry of Railways
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421830, Wikipedia: JNR Class EF52 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.