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KiYa 143
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Niigata Transys· from 2014· diesel snowplough locomotive operated in Japan
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KiYa 143-2 Kanazawa Depot open day 20160821: i北陸 (i Hokuriku)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 2. KiYa 143 35 series test run 20170630: khws4v1· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Jrw-kiya143: TRJN· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. KiYa 143-2 Kanazawa Depot open day 20140824: i北陸 (i Hokuriku)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 5. KiYa 143-8 Otoshi Station 20170624: khws4v1· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. KiYa 143 35 series test run 20170701: khws4v1 from Hiroshima prefecture, Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The KiYa 143 (キヤ143形) is a four-axle B-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic locomotive type operated in Japan since 2014 by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- 671 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2014
- in service from
- 2014
- status
- in service
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Niigata Transys
- operators
- West Japan Railway Company
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 671 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 19.9 m
- weight
- 51.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17189886, Wikipedia: KiYa 143 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.