#3674· JNR ED74
JNR Class ED74
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Mitsubishi· from 1962· class of 6 Japanese AC electric locomotives
what is it?
The Class ED74 (ED74形) was a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement AC electric locomotive type operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in Japan between 1962 and the 1980s.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 20 years (1962–1982).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 20 kV AC at 50/60 Hz overhead wire
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 14.3 m
- weight
- 65 t
- Dutch name
- JNR ED74
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421816, Wikipedia: JNR Class ED74 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.