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Bo-Bo
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wheel arrangement
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AC electric locomotive
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type operated on passenger and freight services in
Japan
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since 1963.
A total of 302 locomotives were built by
Hitachi
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,
Mitsubishi
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, and
Toshiba
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between 1963 and 1976.
, just five locomotives remained in service, all operated by
JR East
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.
Variants
* ED75-0: Numbers ED75-1 – 160
* ED75-300: Numbers ED75-301 – 311
* ED75-500: Number ED75-501
* ED75-700: Numbers ED75-701 – 791
* ED75-1000: Numbers ED75-1001 – 1039
ED75-0
This was the original type. Two prototypes, ED75 1 and 2, were delivered in 1963, built by Hitachi and Mitsubishi.
Following test running, a further 158 locomotives were built from 1964 by Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and Toshiba.
Locomotive numbers 50 to 100 were equipped for cold regions, and were fitted with icicle cutters above the driving cab windows.
, no Class ED75-0 locomotives remained in service.
ED75-300
11 Class ED75-300 locomotives were built from 1965 to 1968 by Hitachi and Mitsubishi for use in
Kyushu
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, numbered ED75 301 to ED75 311. These locomotives used a 20 kV AC 60 Hz power supply.
ED75-500
One Class ED75-500 locomotive, number ED75 501 was built experimentally for use on the recently electrified
Hakodate Main Line
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between and in Hokkaido. No further locomotives in this sub-class were built, as
Class ED76-500 locomotives were instead chosen for this route.
ED75-700
91 Class ED75-700 locomotives were built from 1971 to 1976 by Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and Toshiba, for use on the
Ou Main Line
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and
Uetsu Main Line
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, numbered ED75 701 to ED75 791. These locomotives used a 20 kV AC 50 Hz power supply.
These locomotives differed from earlier examples in having PS103 cross-arm type
pantographs.
34 members of this subclass were converted to become
Class ED79
The was a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement AC electric locomotive type operated on passenger and freight services in the north of Japan from 1986, originally by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) and J ...
locomotives in 1988 for use on services through the undersea
Seikan Tunnel
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between Honshu and Hokkaido.
, five Class ED75-700 locomotives remained in service, operated by JR East, with three locomotives based at Sendai and two at Akita.
ED75-1000
The ED75-1000 subclass were built from 1968 for use on express freight services. 25 locomotives were built between 1968 and 1970, followed by a second batch of 14 locomotives built from 1973 to 1976, bringing the total to 39.
JR Freight started a programme of life-extension refurbishment of its Class ED75-1000 fleet from 1993, and refurbished locomotives were initially repainted in a new livery with the bottom half of the body sides finished in ivory.
The livery applied to refurbished locomotives was subsequently simplified to just adding a white stripe along the bottom of the body sides.
From the start of the 17 March 2012 timetable revision, the remaining scheduled JR Freight workings using ED75 locomotives, operating in pairs, were completely replaced by
JR Freight Class EH500
The is a Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′ wheel arrangement multi-system AC/ DC two-unit electric locomotive type operated by JR Freight in Japan since 1997.
Operations
The locomotives are built at the Toshiba factory in Fuchū, Tokyo. Initially, the ...
locomotives.
Livery variations
File:JNR ed75 711 orient akebono.jpg, JR East ED75 711 in "Orient Saloon" livery
File:EF75 rainbow.jpg, ED75 1028 in "Express Rainbow" livery in January 2009
Preserved examples
, three examples have been preserved, as listed below.
* ED75 1: Sendai Shinkansen Depot in
Rifu, Miyagi
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* ED75 501: Otaru City Museum,
Otaru, Hokkaido
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* ED75 775:
The Railway Museum in Saitama
File:JNR ED75-1.jpg, ED75 1 preserved at Sendai Shinkansen Depot in July 2009
File:JNR ED75-501.jpg, ED75-501 preserved at the Otaru City Museum in September 2009
File:ED75 775 Saitama Railway Museum 20120525.jpg, ED75 775 at The Railway Museum in Saitama in May 2012
Classification
The ED75 classification for this locomotive type is explained below.
* E: Electric locomotive
* D: Four driving axles
* 7x: AC locomotive with maximum speed exceeding
See also
*
Railway electrification in Japan
References
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20 kV AC locomotives
Electric locomotives of Japan
1067 mm gauge locomotives of Japan
Railway locomotives introduced in 1963
Japanese National Railways
East Japan Railway Company
Japan Freight Railway Company
Mixed traffic locomotives