#4859· JR Freight DF200
JR Freight Class DF200
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1992· Japanese diesel locomotive class
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRF-DF200-7: Chatama· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JRF-DF200-901&DF200-6: Chatama· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. DF200-901 Sapporo Freight Terminal 20121222: Sappoatu· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 4. Freight DF200 105: 221.20 )· Public domain
- 5. Freight DF200 3: 221.20 ( talk )· Public domain
- 6. JRF DF200-52 20091024: DD51612 ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 7. 九州DF200-7000: Gala8357· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. DF200 FDT100: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. DF200 FDT101: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. JR Freight DF200 001: 天然ガス· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class DF200 (DF200形) is a Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement diesel–electric locomotive type operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) and the Kyushu Railway Company. As of 1 March 2017, JR Freight operates 48 Class DF200s, and JR Kyushu operates one (DF200-7000).
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 18 years (1994–2012).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1992–2013
- in service from
- 1994
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Japan Freight Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.6 m
- weight
- 96 t
- Dutch name
- JR Freight DF200
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q691727, Wikipedia: JR Freight Class DF200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.