#3883· JNR DE10
JNR Class DE10
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1966· Japanese diesel locomotive type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DE10 1675: MP40-12C· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. DE10-JRKyushu-Orange-tesuri: JNR583· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. DE10 1557 shown in activity: E176· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. DE10 503 Otaru Museum 20090830 (2): DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. JRF-DE10 3510: Mutimaro· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. JRF DE10 3001: 佐田智美（旧モップ・ガール）· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 2008-04-09 DE10 of Tarumi Railway 01: keromako· CC BY 2.0
- 8. DE10-1638: ローピン· CC0
- 9. DE10に牽引されている三陸鉄道車両: 修正俱楽部· CC0
- 10. JNR DE10 1: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class DE10 (DE10形) is a class of Japanese C-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic road switcher locomotives. 708 locomotives were built between 1966 and 1978. As of 1 April 2016, 138 locomotives remained in operation.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966–1978
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 708
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, Shikoku Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company, Japan Freight 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
- 65 t
- Dutch name
- JNR DE10
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1099087, Wikipedia: JNR Class DE10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.