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Meitetsu Class EL120
Locomotive 122 in April 2015
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderToshiba
Build date2015
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICBo-Bo
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length12,000 mm (39 ft 4 in)
Width2,731 mm (8 ft 11.5 in)
Loco weight39.8 t
Electric system/s1,500 V DC
Current pickup(s)overhead wire
Safety systemsMeitetsu ATS
Performance figures
Maximum speed100 km/h (60 mph)
Power output760 kW (1,020 hp)
Career
OperatorsMeitetsu
Number in class2
Numbers121-122
LocaleAichi Prefecture
Delivered1 February 2015
DispositionOperational

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.

History

The two locomotives 121 and 122 were delivered from the Toshiba factory in Fuchu, Tokyo to Meitetsu's Maigi Maintenance Depot on 1 February 2015.

References

  1. ^ 名古屋鉄道EL120形 [Meitetsu Class EL120]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 55, no. 649. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. May 2015. pp. 55–57.
  2. EL120形 重連試運転実施 [Class EL120 test run]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

Further reading

  • Watanabe, Masahiko (June 2015). 名古屋鉄道EL120形 [Meitetsu Class EL120]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 55, no. 650. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 70–73.
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