3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EH10 Higashi Awaji Nishi: EH Maniac· CC0
- 2. JNR Class EH10 61: Rsa at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. JNR EH10 Docking: EH Maniac· CC0
what is it?
The EH10 class of electric locomotives were Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′ wheel arrangement two-unit DC freight locomotives operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in Japan from 1954 until 1982. The exterior was designed by industrial designer Masao Hagiwara. The EH10 was used for 1,200 tonne freight trains on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo (Shiodome) and Osaka (Umeda).
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 2.5 MW is about 30 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1957
- in service from
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 64
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Toshiba, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- length
- 22.5 m
- weight
- 116 t
- Dutch name
- JNR EH10
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108614, Wikipedia: JNR Class EH10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.