#5235· JR Freight EF510
JR Freight Class EF510
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2001· Japanese electric locomotive type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRE EF510-501 and JRF EF510-1 in Omiya 20100522: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. EF510-501 hokutosei: toshinori baba· Public domain
- 3. JRE EF510-510 Freight 20130120: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JRE EF510-510 in Oku 20101127: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. JRF-EF510-15: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. JRF-EF510-504: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. JRF EF510-1 20220417: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. JRF EF510-301 Nippo-main-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 9. EF510-17: Tc117-1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. JRF EF510-1 in Omiya 20100522: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class EF510 (EF510形) is a Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement multi-voltage AC/DC electric locomotive type operated by JR Freight and East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan since 2002. As of 1 April 2016, the fleet consists of 40 locomotives (24 EF510-0s and 16 EF510-500s), all based at Toyama Depot.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 3.4 MW is about 40 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2002
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Japan Freight Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 3.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC &, 20 kV AC at 50/60 Hz, overhead wire
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.8 m
- weight
- 101 t
- Dutch name
- JR Freight EF510
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108873, Wikipedia: JR Freight Class EF510 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.