#5859· JR Freight DD200
JR Freight Class DD200
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2017· Japanese diesel locomotive type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DD200-901 Shin-Tsurumi Depot 20170630: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JRF DD200-16: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. DD200-5: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. DD200-901 20180113 (cropped): khws4v1· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. DD200-901: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. JR Kyushu DD200-701 on delivery passing Hiroshima Station 2021-06-18 1: 交通大臣 鉄道チャンネル· CC BY 3.0
- 7. JR Kyushu DD200-701 on delivery passing Hiroshima Station 2021-06-18 2: 交通大臣 鉄道チャンネル· CC BY 3.0
- 8. JRF DD200-21: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. JRF DD200-25 20250605: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. MR DD200-601 20210912: Mitsuki-2368· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class DD200 (DD200形) is a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement diesel–electric road switcher locomotive type on order by Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight) for use on freight and shunting duties in Japan. A prototype locomotive was delivered in late June 2017 for testing and evaluation in the Tokyo area.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 600 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Japan Freight Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company, Mizushima Rinkai Railway, Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line, Kinuura Rinkai Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 600 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 15.9 m
- weight
- 58.8 t
- Dutch name
- JR Freight DD200
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30302571, Wikipedia: JR Freight Class DD200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.