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- 1. Meitetsu DeKi 602 Inuyama 20031210: VVVF· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Meitetsu DeKi 600 (名鉄デキ600形, Meitetsu Deki 600-gata) was a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement electric locomotive type operated by private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan from 1943 until 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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- 440 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 72 years (1943–2015).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1943–1945
- in service from
- 1943
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Toshiba
- operators
- Nagoya Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 440 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 11.1 m
- weight
- 40 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5243960, Wikipedia: Meitetsu DeKi 600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.