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- 1. ED73 1 Japan Railfan January 1963 p14: 国鉄 (Japanese National Railways)· Public domain
what is it?
The Class ED73 (ED73形) was a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement AC electric locomotive type operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in Kyushu, 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).
- 14.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1962–1983).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962–1963
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1983
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Toshiba
- 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
- 14.4 m
- weight
- 67.2 t
- Dutch name
- JNR ED73
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421815, Wikipedia: JNR Class ED73 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.