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The is a Bo-1-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotive type formerly operated in Japan from 1974 until 2002 by
The Class ED62 locomotives were created between 1974 and 1979 by modifying the 18 earlier
File:ED6214a.jpg, Preserved ED62 14 at Sakuma Rail Park
File:ED62-17.JPG, ED62 17 at Omiya Works in May 2008
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR) and later by JR Freight.
History
The Class ED62 locomotives were created between 1974 and 1979 by modifying the 18 earlier JNR Class ED61
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
Bo-Bo electric locomotives with the addition of a center non-driven axle. Rebuilding was carried out at JNR's Nagano Works. The primary aim of rebuilding was to reduce the axle load (from 15 t to 13 t) for use on the Iida Line
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Pre ...
, where the class displaced vintage (English Electric
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) and JNR Class ED19 ( Westinghouse) locomotives, and later JNR Class EF10 locomotives.
One highlight of the class's career was when ED62 15 hauled the Imperial Train on the Iida Line in 1979. It was also not uncommon to see ED62s close to Tokyo when they worked to Shin-Tsurumi Depot for examinations.
Eight members of the class were still in service in 1987 when JNR was split into separate JR Group
The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, consists of seven for-profit stock companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Most ...
companies, and ED62 17 was repainted into the new JR Freight livery shortly after. When freight operations ceased on the Iida Line in 1997, the remaining locomotives were placed in storage before finally being withdrawn in 2002.
Build details
Preserved examples
, two Class ED62 locomotives were preserved. * ED62 1JR East
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...
Nagano depot
* ED62 17 Stored at JR East's Omiya works (standard blue livery)
ED62 14 was also formerly preserved at Sakuma Rail Park.
See also
*Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification
This page explains the numbering and classification schemes for locomotives employed by the Japanese Government Railways, the Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.
Steam locomotives
Pre-nationalization
Prior to the natio ...
References
* {{Jrfloco Electric locomotives of Japan 1067 mm gauge locomotives of Japan Bo-1-Bo locomotives 1500 V DC locomotives Preserved electric locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1974