The was an
electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...
(EMU) train type operated by the
private railway operator
Choshi Electric Railway in
Chiba Prefecture, Japan, between 1951 and 2008.
Build details
History
DeHa 301 started life as MoHa 105, an electric multiple unit car built in August 1930 by for the in
Kanagawa Prefecture. MoHa 105 was renumbered MoHa 115 in May 1941 following the absorption of the Tsurumi Rinkō Railway into the
Japanese National Railways (JNR) network, and later worked on the JNR Toyamako Line (now part of the
Toyama Light Rail Toyamakō Line
Toyama may refer to:
Places and organizations
* Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island
* Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture
* Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, ...
) in
Toyama Prefecture.
It was removed from service on 10 September 1944 and placed into storage at Ōi Works in Tokyo, and officially withdrawn on 28 March 1949.
The car was subsequently purchased by the Choshi Electric Railway, and rebuilt by before entering service on the line from 10 August 1951.
The
trolley pole current collector added on transfer to the Choshi Electric Railway was later replaced by a
bow collector, and this was replaced by a PS13 lozenge-type
pantograph from April 1990.
The original Kisha BW
bogie
A bogie ( ) (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transp ...
s were replaced in 1984 by
Nippon Sharyo
, formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2 ...
D-16 bogies from former
Iyo Railway
The is the main transport provider in Matsuyama, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan. The company operates railway, tram, and bus lines, and also has many subsidiaries, which include a bank, department stores, travel agencies, and various other businesses.
H ...
rolling stock.
In later years, it was used as an inspection and works train for overhead wire maintenance, with a platform added to the roof.
The car was withdrawn in fiscal 2008 and stored at
Tokawa Station
is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.
Lines
Tokawa Station forms the southern terminus of the Chōshi Electric Railway Line from and is a distance of from Chōshi Station.
...
before being cut up in October 2009.
References
External links
Choshi Electric Railway rolling stock profiles
{{Choshi trainsets
Electric multiple units of Japan
Train-related introductions in 1951
1951 in rail transport
600 V DC multiple units
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