KuMoHa 12

what is it?

The KuMoHa 12 (クモハ12形) was a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) railroad cars formerly used by the Japanese National Railways (JNR). These are EMU power cars of 17-meter (56 ft) length with a driver's cab at each end, three passenger doors on each side, and lengthwise bench-type passenger seating. The cars themselves were built in the later 1920s and 1930s for JNR's predecessor, the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), but the class, originally named MoHa 12 (モハ12形), was established on 1 June 1953 by a JNR revision of its rolling stock classification regulations.

who runs it

MOMinistry of RailwaysJapanese National RailwaysEast Japan Railway CompanyCentral Japan Railway Company

base stats

• built 27made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 📏17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 69 years (1933–2002).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1933

in service from

1933

retired

2002

status

retired

number built

27

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Unknown builder

operators

Ministry of Railways, Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

length

17 m

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