JNR Class EF60
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The was the first Japanese second-generation DC
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type with six driven axles (classes EF60 to EF67), and the first versions used the same MT49 390 kW
traction motor A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as locomotives, electric vehicle, electric or hydrogen vehicles, elevators or electric multiple unit. Traction motors are used in electrically powered rail vehicles (ele ...
s as the ED60 and ED61 designs. A total of 143 locomotives were built between 1960 and 1964 by Kawasaki, Tōshiba, Tōyō & Kisha Seizō, and
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. The class was split between 129 freight locomotives (classified EF60-0) designed to supersede the mammoth EH10s on Tōkaidō and
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freight, and 14 passenger locomotives (EF60-500) to replace EF58s on sleeping car trains on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Mainlines. The third-batch build of locos (EF60 84 to 129 and EF60 512 to 514) had up-rated traction motors and differed slightly in having twin headlamps (like the
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and other later types) rather than the single large headlamp on earlier versions. Unlike the ED60s, these locos were designed to operate singly rather than in pairs, and so cab-end gangway doors were not included. The EF60-0s initially appeared in the standard all-over brown livery, but were repainted into blue from 1965 onward. The role of the EF60-500s at the head of the premier Blue Trains was short-lived, however, with the arrival of more powerful EF65s in 1965, and they too found themselves transferred to freight duties. From the late 1970s, EF60s were to be seen on the Chūō, Takasaki, and Ryōmō Lines in the Kantō region, and some locos were transferred to the Hanwa Line and Kisei Mainline in the
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from the mid-1980s. Withdrawals commenced in the 1980s, and all members of the class were withdrawn from regular operations in 1986, ahead of privatization. Two locos survived into JR days: EF60 19 owned by
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for special event use, and EF60 503 by
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. Eight early-built locos were converted to EF61-200s between 1977 and 1979 for use as bankers on the steeply-graded "Senohachi" section of the Sanyō Mainline between Seno and Hachihonmatsu. Three more later-built EF60s were more extensively rebuilt in 1982 to become EF67 class banking locos (numbers EF67 1 to 3) for use on the same section.


Build details


Banker conversions


EF61-200 conversions

Eight Class EF60 locomotives were converted between 1977 and 1979 to become Class EF61-200 banking locomotives for use on the "Senohachi" section of the
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.


EF67 conversions

Three Class EF60 locomotives were converted between 1982 and 1986 to become Class EF67 banking locomotives for use on the "Senohachi" section of the
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.


Preserved examples

* EF60 19 Preserved at JR East's Takasaki Depot in operating condition (occasional mainline use), repainted in 2007 into standard blue/cream livery (previously special white livery with blue/red stripes) * EF60 47 No. 2 cab section only, on display inside JR East's Ōmiya Works, brown livery * EF60 123 Plinthed in front of
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(JR Ryōmō Line), standard blue livery * EF60 501
Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park The is an open-air railway museum located in Annaka, Gunma, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and was opened on 18 April 1998 on the site of the former Yokokawa motive power depot alongside the Shinetsu Main Line ...
, Gunma, in ''tokkyū'' blue livery * EF60 503 Formerly preserved at JR West's Miyahara Depot (cut up November 2008RM News
"EF60 503号機 遂に解体"
Retrieved on 18 November 2008.
) * EF60 510 Preserved at JR East's Ōmiya Works in ''tokkyū'' blue livery File:EF60 19 American train.jpg, EF60 19 in "American Train" livery in 1988 File:JRE-EF60-19-Yasuragi.JPG, EF60 19 in "Yasuragi" Joyful Train livery in September 2005 File:EF60-47 of JNR.jpg, Cab end of EF60 47 inside JR East Omiya Works in May 2008 File:EF60 123 Ashikaga Station 20130605.jpg, Preserved EF60 123 in front of Ashikaga Station in June 2013 File:EF60 501 Usui Pass Railway Heritage Museum 20040812.jpg, EF60 501 at the Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park in August 2004 File:EF60-510 omiya 20111015.jpg, Preserved EF60 510 at Omiya Works open day in October 2011


See also

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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 nation ...


References

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