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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EH800-2 3065 Moheji 20160717 (cropped): Sappoatu· CC BY 2.5
- 2. EH800-11 electric locomotive oshimatoubetsu station: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. EH800-19 EH500-32 Rikuzen-Sanno 20161221: ttzshirasawa· CC BY 3.0
- 4. EH800-1 (No 1 end) Kita-Fuchu 20140620: DAJF This photo was taken with Sony SLT-A77· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. EH800-1 Higashi-Kunebetsu 20140719: Sappoatu· CC BY 2.5
- 6. EH800-3 Cassiopeia 20160717 (cropped): Sappoatu· CC BY 2.5
- 7. EH800-1 (No 2 end) Kita-Fuchu 20140620: DAJF This photo was taken with Sony SLT-A77· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. EH800-2 3065 Moheji 20160717: Sappoatu· CC BY 2.5
- 9. EH800-3 Cassiopeia 20160717: Sappoatu· CC BY 2.5
- 10. EH800-11 electric locomotive: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class EH800 (EH800形) is a Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′ wheel arrangement multi-voltage AC two-unit electric locomotive type operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) in Japan hauling freight trains on the Kaikyō Line through the Seikan Tunnel separating mainland Honshu with the northern island of Hokkaido. A prototype locomotive was delivered in January 2013 for evaluation and testing, with full-production locomotives delivered from June 2014, entering service from July 2014.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 4 MW is about 47 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 25 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- in service from
- 2014
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Toshiba
- operators
- Japan Freight Railway Company
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 4 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 20/25 kV AC, 50 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- length
- 25 m
- weight
- 134 t
- Dutch name
- JR Freight EH800
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108880, Wikipedia: JR Freight Class EH800 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.