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EF510-9 at Naoetsu Station, February 2007 | |
Power type | Electric |
Builder | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
Build date | 2001 - |
UIC classification | Bo-Bo-Bo |
Gauge | 1,067 mm |
Length | 19,800 mm |
Width | 2,800 mm |
Height | 4,280 mm |
Locomotive weight | 100.8 tons[1] |
Electric system | 1,500 V DC & 20 kV (50/60 Hz) AC |
Traction motors | AC |
Top speed | 110 km/h |
Power output | 3,390 kW[1] |
Tractive effort | 199 kN[1] |
Career | JR Freight, JR East |
Number in class | 16 (as of 1 April 2009) |
First run | 2002 |
Disposition | Still in production |
The Class EF510 (EF510形 ) locomotives are Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement multi-voltage AC/DC electric locomotives operated by JR Freight and East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan.
The design used many components common with the JR Freight Class EF210, and was intended to replace ageing JNR Class EF81 locomotives on freight services operating along the Sea of Japan coastal routes. The first locomotive, EF510-1, was delivered in February 2002 and initially based at Shin-Tsurumi Depot.[2]
The first full-production locomotive, EF510-2, was delivered in November 2003, and this and subsequent locomotives delivered featured "Red Thunder" bodyside branding.[1]
As of 1 April 2009, the fleet totalled 16 locomotives (EF510-1 to EF510-16).[3] Four EF510 locomotives are scheduled to be delivered during fiscal 2009.[4] None are on order for fiscal 2010.[5]
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The EF510-500 subclass consists of 15 locomotives on order by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) to replace its fleet of EF81 locomotives used to haul Cassiopeia and Hokutosei overnight sleeping car trains from June 2010.
These are the first locomotives to be ordered by any of the JR passenger companies since privatization.[6] The new locomotives cost around 400 million yen each.[7] The first locomotive, EF510-501, was delivered from the Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Hyogo Prefecture on 18 December 2009, arriving at Tabata Depot in Tokyo on 19 December. Livery is blue with gold lining and shooting star logo.[8]
Two of the fifteen locomotives on order (EF510-509 and EF510-510) are painted in a dedicated colour scheme of silver with blue, purple, red, orange, and yellow stripes, to match the Cassiopeia rolling stock.[9]
The first locomotive, EF510-501, entered service on 25 June 2010.[10]
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