JNR Class ED62

Class ED62
Preserved ED62 17 at Omiya Works Open Day in May 2007
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
RebuilderJNR Nagano Works
Rebuild date1974-1979
Number rebuilt18
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • CommonwealthBo-1-Bo
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.1,120 mm (44.09 in)
Length14,300 mm (46 ft 11 in)
Width2,800 mm (9 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Height3,969 mm (13 ft 1⁄4 in)
Loco weight62 t
(61 long tons; 68 short tons)
Electric system/s1,500 V DC overhead line
Current pickup(s)Pantograph
Traction motorsDC
Performance figures
Maximum speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Power output1.56 MW (2,090 hp)
Career
OperatorsJNR, JR Freight
Number in class18
Withdrawn1984–2002
DispositionThree preserved but then scrapped. None ultimately survived.

The Class ED62 (ED62形) was a Bo-1-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotive type formerly operated in Japan from 1974 until 2002 by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by JR Freight.

History

The added carrying axle

The Class ED62 locomotives were created between 1974 and 1979 by modifying the 18 earlier JNR Class ED61 Bo-Bo electric locomotives with the addition of a center non-driven axle. Rebuilding was carried out at JNR's Nagano Works. The primary aim of rebuilding was to reduce the axle load (from 15 t to 13 t) for use on the Iida Line, where the class displaced vintage JNR Class ED18 [ja] (English Electric) and JNR Class ED19 (Westinghouse) locomotives, and later JNR Class EF10 locomotives.

One highlight of the class's career was when ED62 15 hauled the Imperial Train on the Iida Line in 1979. It was also not uncommon to see ED62s close to Tokyo when they worked to Shin-Tsurumi Depot for examinations.

Eight members of the class were still in service in 1987 when JNR was split into separate JR Group companies, and ED62 17 was repainted into the new JR Freight livery shortly after. When freight operations ceased on the Iida Line in 1997, the remaining locomotives were placed in storage before finally being withdrawn in 2002.

Build details

Number Former number Converted Withdrawn
ED62 1 ED61 3 June 1974 February 1987
ED62 2 ED61 2 August 1975 December 1985
ED62 3 ED61 9 August 1975 October 1998
ED62 4 ED61 8 August 1975 October 1998
ED62 5 ED61 6 August 1975 October 1998
ED62 6 ED61 14 August 1976 October 1998
ED62 7 ED61 4 August 1976 October 1998
ED62 8 ED61 11 October 1976 February 1987
ED62 9 ED61 1 November 1976 May 1985
ED62 10 ED61 13 July 1977 February 1987
ED62 11 ED61 10 September 1977 May 1985
ED62 12 ED61 5 October 1977 June 1985
ED62 13 ED61 12 November 1977 June 1985
ED62 14 ED61 16 February 1978 November 1984
ED62 15 ED61 7 March 1978 February 1996
ED62 16 ED61 17 August 1978 March 2002
ED62 17 ED61 18 October 1978 March 2002
ED62 18 ED61 15 January 1979 July 1985

Preserved examples

Three Class ED62 locomotives were preserved;[1] however, these had all since been scrapped.

  • Preserved ED62 14 at Sakuma Rail Park
    Preserved ED62 14 at Sakuma Rail Park
  • ED62 17 at Omiya Works in May 2008
    ED62 17 at Omiya Works in May 2008

See also

References

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