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#5589· JR Freight HD300

JR Freight Class HD300

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Toshiba· from 2010· class of Japanese diesel/battery-electric locomotive

⚡ electric locomotive battery ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. JRF-HD300-901-00: Rs1421· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. HD300-17 at Hachioji Station 20171028: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. HD300-2 (No 1 end) Nishi-Kokubunji 20121026: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. HD300-2 (No 2 end) Nishi-Kokubunji 20121026: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. HD300-501 Kita-Fuchu 20141104: DAJF This photo was taken with Sony SLT-A77· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. HD300-5 Hachioji Station 20140405: 銚電神· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. HD300-8 Hachioji Station 20140325: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. HD300-901 Shin-Akitsu 20100330: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. JRF-HD300-901-01: Rs1421· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. HD300-4 Sumidagawa Freight Terminal 20161008: Cheng-en Cheng from Taipei City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
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JR Freight Class HD300, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Rs1421· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Class HD300 (HD300形) is a hybrid diesel/battery Bo-Bo wheel arrangement switcher locomotive type operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) in Japan. Following the delivery and evaluation of a prototype locomotive in March 2010, the first full-production locomotive entered service in February 2012.

who runs it

Japan Freight Railway Company

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • power 500 kWpower output
  • weight 60 tin working order
  • built 32made in total

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 16 years ago, in 2010.
  • 500 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built
2010
in service from
2010
status
in service
number built
32
kind
Hybrid diesel/battery
traction
battery
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Toshiba
operators
Japan Freight Railway Company
top speed
110 km/h
power
500 kW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′
length
14.3 m
weight
60 t
Dutch name
JR Freight HD300

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q5363444, Wikipedia: JR Freight Class HD300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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