#6461
Sentetsu Nakeha class railcars
Korea under Japanese rule ·built by Nippon Sharyo· railway rolling stock operated in Korea
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR KI HI NI 5005: 100yen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Nakeha (Japanese ナケハ, Korean 혀게하) class railcars were a group of 3rd class narrow-gauge petrol-powered railcars of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu). There were two classes of such railcars, one built in Japan and one built in Korea. After Liberation, they all remained in the South, where they were operated by the Korean National Railroad; none were preserved.
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
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 13
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- Korea under Japanese rule
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Chōsen Government Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- 46 kW
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Nakeha1: 1A-2
- length
- 11.3 m
- weight
- 12.5 t
- capacity
- 45 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16782139, Wikipedia: Sentetsu Nakeha class railcars (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.