JNR Class ED60

Class ED60

ED60 7

Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Kawasaki, Tōyō + Kisha, Mitsubishi Build date 1958–1960

Specifications UIC class Bo-Bo Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Wheel diameter 1,120 mm (3 ft 8 in) Length 13,000 mm (42 ft 8 in) Width 2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in) Height 3,960 mm (13 ft 0 in) Loco weight 56 tonnes (55 long tons; 62 short tons) Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC Traction motors DC

Performance figures Maximum speed 90 km/h (56 mph) Power output 1.56 MW (2,090 hp)

Career Operators JNR Number in class 8 Withdrawn 1984–1986 Disposition All withdrawn

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Kawasaki, Tōyō + Kisha, Mitsubishi
Build date	1958–1960

Specifications
UIC class	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Wheel diameter	1,120 mm (3 ft 8 in)
Length	13,000 mm (42 ft 8 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Height	3,960 mm (13 ft 0 in)
Loco weight	56 tonnes (55 long tons; 62 short tons)
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Traction motors	DC

Performance figures
Maximum speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Power output	1.56 MW (2,090 hp)

Career
Operators	JNR
Number in class	8
Withdrawn	1984–1986
Disposition	All withdrawn

The Class ED60 (ED60形^?) was a DC electric locomotive operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) between 1958 and 1986. It was the first "second-generation" DC electric locomotive type featuring increased-power traction motors. Despite its diminutive size, the Bo-Bo wheel arrangement ED60 design offered performance comparable with the much larger Class EF15 1Co+Co1 design weighing almost twice as much.

Eight locomotives were built between 1958 and 1960 by Kawasaki, Tōyō + Kisha, and Mitsubishi. They were introduced on local freight services on the Ōito, Senzan, and Hanwa Lines, replacing earlier ED21, ED22, and ED38 class locomotives acquired when private railways had been absorbed into JNR. The class survived until early 1986 when freight was discontinued on these lines. ED60 1 is preserved at Nagano Depot.

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