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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 名鉄EL120形: Monsterpoint· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. EL120形電気機関車が貨車(ホキ80形貨車)を牽引する様子: 出場試運転試27レ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Meitetsu EL120 1700: Unmo371· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Meitetsu EL120 Under transportation 20150129: Rsa This photo was taken with Canon EOS 600D· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Meitetsu EL120chiki: Unmo371· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu Class EL120 (名鉄EL120形) is a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotive type operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, since 2015. The two locomotives, numbered 121 and 122, replaced the fleet of Meitetsu's two DeKi 400 and four DeKi 600 locomotives during fiscal 2015.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 760 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12 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
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Toshiba
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 760 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 12 m
- weight
- 39.8 t
- Dutch name
- Meitetsu EL120
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19672249, Wikipedia: Meitetsu Class EL120 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.