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#3967· JNR DE11

JNR Class DE11

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1968· Japanese diesel shunting locomotive

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. JRF-DE11-2001: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. DE11 1045 Shinagawa 20050228: Chabata k at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. DE11 2001: Toshinori baba· CC0
  4. 4. DE11 2001 (1 end) Zushi 20030422: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. De11-11: TRJN· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. JRF-DE11 1029: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. DE11 43 shunting at Shinagawa: Hahifuheho· CC0
  8. 8. De11 omiya: Tokino This photo was taken with Pentax Optio I-10· GFDL
  9. 9. OomiyaG-R-S-C DE11 1031: Hyper Maniac Man· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. JRF DE11 2002: 1065F· CC0
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JNR Class DE11, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Class DE11 (DE11形) is a five-axle C-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic switcher locomotive type operated in Japan since 1968. A total of 116 locomotives were built between 1968 and 1979, and as of 1 April 2016, 10 locomotives remain in service, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

who runs it

Japanese National RailwaysJapan Freight Railway CompanyEast Japan Railway Company

base stats

  • speed 85 km/htop speed
  • power 1 MWpower output
  • weight 70 tin working order
  • built 116made in total

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 58 years ago, in 1968.
  • 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 14.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 58 years.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1968–1979
in service from
1968
status
in service
number built
116
kind
Diesel-hydraulic
traction
diesel
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo
operators
Japanese National Railways, Japan Freight Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company
top speed
85 km/h
power
1 MW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
C-B
length
14.2 m
weight
70 t
Dutch name
JNR DE11

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q11421769, Wikipedia: JNR Class DE11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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