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Meitetsu DeKi 400
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1930· class of 2 Japanese electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meitetsu Type Deki 400 EL 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Meitetsu DeKi 400 20150523: 名鉄6000系· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu DeKi 400 (名鉄デキ400形, Meitetsu Deki 400-gata) was a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement electric locomotive type operated by private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan.
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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- 360 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 85 years (1930–2015).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930–1931
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad, Aichi Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 360 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 11.1 m
- weight
- 40 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5243957, Wikipedia: Meitetsu DeKi 400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.