#5822· JR Freight DB500
JR Freight Class DB500
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Hokuriku Heavy Industries, Ltd.· from 2016· diesel-hydraulic locomotive type operated in Japan
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Db500-1-2021-10-31b: TRJN· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Db500-51-2022-8-4: TRJN· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. DB500-51: 平井· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class DB500 (DB500形) is a B wheel arrangement two-axle diesel-hydraulic locomotive type operated by Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight) on shunting duties in Japan since March 2017.
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2016
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hokuriku Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- operators
- Japan Freight Railway Company
- top speed
- 25 km/h
- power
- 184 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4w
- length
- 7.7 m
- weight
- 26.9 t
- Dutch name
- JR Freight DB500
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30500582, Wikipedia: JR Freight Class DB500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.