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(EMU) train type operated by the

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operator Choshi Electric Railway in

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, Japan, between 1986 and September 2010.

Build details

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Interior

The train had longitudinal seating and was equipped with fare collection boxes at each end for ''wanman'' driver only operation. It was not equipped with air-conditioning. File:Choshi DeHa801 20091121.JPG, Interior view of DeHa 801, November 2009

History

One single car was converted in February 1986 from former

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100 series car MoHa 106, purchased in October 1985. This car was built in 1950 by Teikoku Sharyo as KuHa 405, and converted to become single-car MoHa 106 with an additional driving cab in 1961. The second driving cab was subsequently taken out of use and a gangway door added, but from 1967, the driving cab was reinstated, with the gangway door left in place. Conversion for use on the Choshi Electric Railway involved sealing the gangway in the later added cab end (at the Tokawa end), and replacement of the original

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MIC bogies with

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D-16 type bogies. File:Good-bye Iyo103.jpg, Iyo Railway MoHa 103 (car of the same type) shortly before withdrawal in 1984 File:Choshi-Electric-Railway-801-D16.jpg, Nippon Sharyo D-16 bogie, July 2010 The car was repainted in 1990 from the earlier red and cream livery to the "new" Choshi Electric Railway livery of brown and red. It was withdrawn after its final day of operation on 23 September 2010, and was then used for a time as a maintenance vehicle for inspection of overhead power lines. It was initially stored in the loop next to

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before being moved to storage behind Kasagami-Kurohae Station. From 1 May 2015, parked next to Tokawa Station, the car was used to house the Keiyo Towa Pharmaceutical Shōwa Nostalgia Museum, containing exhibits of toys and everyday items from the

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(1925–1989). The exhibits were removed in August 2017, and the train interior returned to the state from its time in operation. File:Choshi-Electric-Railway-801-01.jpg, DeHa 801 viewed from the up (Choshi) end in July 2010 File:DeHa 801 Tokawa 20120128.JPG, Withdrawn DeHa 801 stored next to

in January 2012 File:Choshi 801 Tokawa Station 20151004.JPG, Withdrawn DeHa 801 as the Keiyo Towa Pharmaceutical Shōwa Nostalgia Museum at Tokawa Station in October 2015 Exposed to the elements, by 2017 the car body had corroded significantly due to rust, to the extent that there were holes in places. A restoration project was launched, in which two commercial sponsors donated materials and labor for rust treatment, bodywork repair and subsequent repainting with rust-proof paint. Students from the local Choshi Commercial Senior High School assisted with the restoration work. After completion of the repairs, the car was unveiled and reopened to the public on 23 December 2017, with a two-week exhibition of photographs from its time in operation. File:Choshi 801 at Tokawa Station 201904.jpg, DeHa 801 in April 2019, post-restoration File:Choshi 801 interior 01.jpg, Restored car interior, April 2019

References

External links

Choshi Electric Railway rolling stock profiles
{{Choshi trainsets Electric multiple units of Japan Train-related introductions in 1986 600 V DC multiple units Teikoku Sharyo rolling stock ja:銚子電気鉄道線#車両