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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1992-8-23-ef200-4: TRJN· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. EF200-14 20090520: User:Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. EF200-901 (No 1 end) Hitachi Mito Factory 20170603: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Takashima line EF200: Kei365· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. EF200 4: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. JR Freight EF200-6 Saijo 20160119: kh ws· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. EF200-8 20120520: 金時 (Kintoki)· CC BY 2.5
- 8. EF200-9 20120520: 金時 (Kintoki)· CC BY 2.5
- 9. EF200-9 20141017: Mikkabie· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. EF200-11 pulling a newly manufactured Seibu 30000 series EMU on its delivery: nubobo· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Class EF200 (EF200形) was a Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotive type operated by JR Freight on freight services in Japan from 1992 until its retirement on 28 March 2019.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 6 MW is about 71 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1990–2019).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990–1993
- in service from
- 1990
- retired
- 2019
- status
- retired
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- Japan Freight Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 6 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead wire
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.4 m
- weight
- 101 t
- Dutch name
- JR Freight EF200
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1099095, Wikipedia: JR Freight Class EF200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.