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1987–2014 (not all parts are fully scrapped, other remaining parts such as pantographs are still in use in other rolling stocks such as 121 series/7200 series[1] & remodeled 145 series converted from old 101 series EMUs)
Number built
1,535 vehicles
Number in service
None (44 vehicles being converted into 145 series multiple locomotive)
The prototype 101 series set was delivered in June 1957, as a 10-car (4+6-car) set classified as 90 series with all cars motored. Cab cars were numbered MoHa 90500 to 90503, and the intermediate cars were numbered MoHa 90000 to 90005. Production sets were delivered from March 1958, differing visually from the prototype in having exposed rain gutters along the top of each car. The 90 series was reclassified as 101 series from 1959, with the prototype set cars numbered in the 900 subseries. The prototype set was modified in 1962 to bring it up to production set standards.[2]
Lines used
101 series trains operated on the following lines.
^Fukuhara, Shunichi (September 2016). 121系近郊形直流電車のあゆみ part2 [The history of the 121 series suburban DC EMU trains (part 2)]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 56, no. 665. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 94–99.
^"最後の「国鉄トラック電車」 JR西日本クモル145・クル144形とは まもなく還暦に(写真37枚)" [The last "JNR track train", JR West Kumoru 145 and Kuru 144, will soon have their 60th birthday (37 photos)]. trafficnews.jp (in Japanese). Mediavague Co., ltd. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.