#3561· JNR EF60
JNR Class EF60
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1960· class of Japanese electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JRE-EF60-19: まも(Mamo)· Public domain
- 2. EF60-47 of JNR: Lover of Romance· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. EF60-510 omiya 20111015: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. EF60 123 Ashikaga Station 20130605: eitarov This photo was taken with Ricoh CX5· CC BY 2.0
- 5. EF60 19 American train: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
- 6. EF60 501 Usui Pass Railway Heritage Museum 20040812: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. JRE-EF60-19-Yasuragi: まも· Public domain
- 8. EF60-19+Old PC @ Minakami (3799455166): Yamaguchi Yoshiaki from Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. EF60 47 of JNR: Lover of Romance· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. JNR ef60 53fc tai: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Class EF60 (EF60形) was the first Japanese second-generation DC electric locomotive type with six driven axles (classes EF60 to EF67), and the first versions used the same MT49 390 kW traction motors as the ED60 and ED61 designs. A total of 143 locomotives were built between 1960 and 1964 by Kawasaki, Tōshiba, Tōyō & Kisha Seizō, and Mitsubishi. The class was split between 129 freight locomotives (classified EF60-0) designed to supersede the mammoth EH10s on Tōkaidō and Sanyō Main Line freight, and 14 passenger locomotives (EF60-500) to replace EF58s on sleeping car trains on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Mainlines.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 2.6 MW is about 30 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.5 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
- 1960–1964
- status
- in service
- number built
- 143
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Kisha Seizo, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toyo Electric
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo-Bo
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 96 t
- Dutch name
- JNR EF60
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3892959, Wikipedia: JNR Class EF60 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.