#6307· JNR ED62
JNR Class ED62
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· Japanese electric locomotive type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ED62 17 Omiya Works 20070526: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ED62-17: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ED62 17 of JR Freight in Omiya C-M-C: Hyper Maniac Man· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. ED62×2: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. ED6214a: Kone· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Electric locomotives at Sakuma Rail Park: The Minsta· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Class ED62 (ED62形) was a Bo-1-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotive type formerly operated in Japan from 1974 until 2002 by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by JR Freight.
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
- 1.6 MW is about 18 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
- —
- retired
- 2002
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, Japan Freight Railway Company
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- length
- 14.3 m
- weight
- 62 t
- Dutch name
- JNR ED62
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1099090, Wikipedia: JNR Class ED62 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.