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The Class EF67 is a class of electric locomotives operated by
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(JR Freight) as dedicated banking locomotives on the steeply-graded "Senohachi" section of the
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between and . The class is subdivided into three EF67-0 locomotives converted between 1982 and 1984 from former Class EF60 locomotives, and five EF67-100 locomotives converted in 1990 from former Class EF65 locomotives.


EF67-0

Three EF67-0s were built from former 4th-batch Class EF60 locomotives from 1982 for use banking freight trains over 1,000 tonnes, for which the former EF61-200 banking locomotives were unsuitable. The No. 1 end was modified with a gangway door and access platform. The locomotives were painted in an all-over orange livery (officially "Red No. 11") with yellow strips below the cab windows. These three locomotives are fitted with PS22D scissors-type pantographs. The EF67-0s were equipped with an automatic uncoupling mechanism at the No. 1 end to enable the banking locomotives to be uncoupled on the fly, but uncoupling while in motion was discontinued from the start of the 22 March 2002 timetable revision.


Conversion details

The EF67-0s were converted as shown below. , only EF67 1 remains in service. File:EF67 1 JRF Hiroshima 20051023.jpg, Number 1 end of EF67 1, October 2005 File:EF67 1 JRF Hiroshima 20091025.jpg, Number 2 end of EF67 1, October 2009


EF67-100

Five EF67-100s were built from former 6th-batch Class EF65-0 locomotives from 1990 to replace the ageing EF61-200 banking locomotives. The EF67-100 fleet was refurbished between 2003 and 2004, and repainted into a revised livery with grey and white lines along the lower body side. These locomotives were originally fitted with PS22B scissors-type pantographs, which were replaced with single-arm pantographs on refurbishment, but these were subsequently returned to PS22B scissors-type pantographs.


Conversion details

The EF67-100s were converted as shown below. File:EF67 104 No 1 end JRF Hiroshima 20021027.jpg, Number 1 end of unrefurbished EF67 104 in October 2002 File:EF67 104 No 2 end JRF Hiroshima 20021027.jpg, Number 2 end of unrefurbished EF67 104 in October 2002 File:JRF EF67-104.jpg, Refurbished EF67 104 at the rear of a freight train in November 2009


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 ...
* JR Freight Class EF210-300, the EF210-based successor to the EF67


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Further reading

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