JNR Class ED62

Class ED62

Preserved ED62 17 at Omiya Works Open Day, 26 May 2007
Type and origin
Power type Electric
Builder JNR Nagano Works
Build date 1974–1979
Specifications
UIC class Bo-1-Bo
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia. 1,120 mm (3 ft 8 in)
Length 14,300 mm (46 ft 11 in)
Width 2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Height 3,969 mm (13 ft 0 in)
Loco weight 62 t
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Traction motors DC
Performance figures
Maximum speed 90 km/h (56 mph)
Power output 1.56 MW (2,090 hp)
Career
Operators JNR, JR Freight
Number in class 18
Withdrawn 1984–2002
Disposition All withdrawn

The Class ED62 (ED62形) is a class of Japanese Bo-1-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotives.

The Class ED62 class locomotives were created between 1974 and 1979 by modifying the 18 earlier JNR Class ED61 Bo-Bo electric locomotives with the addition of a centre 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 (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 Tōkyō 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operations ceased on the Iida Line in 1997, the remaining locomotives were placed in storage before finally being withdrawn in 2002.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Number Former number Converted Withdrawn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 Jun 1974 Feb 1987
ED62 2 ED61 2 Aug 1975 Dec 1985
ED62 3 ED61 9 Aug 1975 Oct 1998
ED62 4 ED61 8 Aug 1975 Oct 1998
ED62 5 ED61 6 Aug 1975 Oct 1998
ED62 6 ED61 14 Aug 1976 Oct 1998
ED62 7 ED61 4 Aug 1976 Oct 1998
ED62 8 ED61 11 Oct 1976 Feb 1987
ED62 9 ED61 1 Nov 1976 May 1985
ED62 10 ED61 13 Jul 1977 Feb 1987
ED62 11 ED61 10 Sep 1977 May 1985
ED62 12 ED61 5 Oct 1977 Jun 1985
ED62 13 ED61 12 Nov 1977 Jun 1985
ED62 14 ED61 16 Feb 1978 Nov 1984
ED62 15 ED61 7 Mar 1978 Feb 1996
ED62 16 ED61 17 Aug 1978 Mar 2002
ED62 17 ED61 18 Oct 1978 Mar 2002
ED62 18 ED61 15 Jan 1979 Jul 1985

Preserved examples

Preserved ED62 14 at Sakuma Rail Park

See also

References

  • Inoue, Kōichi (1999). 国鉄機関車事典 (JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia). Japan: Sankaido. ISBN 4-381-10338-6. 
  1. ↑ "佐久間レールパーク展示車両とイベント情報 (Sakuma Rail Park Exhibits and Event Information)". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 38 (304): 38–42. August 2009.
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