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Class EF81
JR Freight EF81 87, August 2007
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderHitachi, Mitsubishi
Build date1968–1992
Total produced161[1]
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo-Bo-Bo
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
BogiesDT138 (outer), DT139 (centre)
Wheel diameter1,120 mm (3 ft 8 in)
Length18,600 mm (61 ft 0 in)
Width2,900 mm (9 ft 6 in)
Height4,280 mm (14 ft 1 in)
Loco weight100.8 t
Electric system/s1,500 V DC / 20 kV AC (50/60 Hz)
Current pickup(s)PS22 pantograph
Traction motorsMT52A x6
Safety systemsATS-SF
Performance figures
Maximum speed110 km/h (70 mph)*
Power output2,550 kW (3,420 hp) (on DC)
2,370 kW (3,180 hp) (on AC)
Career
OperatorsJR Freight, JR East, JR West, JR Kyushu
Delivered1968
Preserved1

The Class EF81 is a Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement multi-voltage AC/DC electric locomotive type operated on passenger and freight services in Japan since 1968.[2]

Variants

  • EF81-0: Numbers EF81 1 – 152, built 1968–1979
  • EF81-300: Numbers EF81 301 – 304, built 1973–1975
  • EF81-400: Numbers EF81 401 – 414
  • EF81-450: Numbers EF81 451 – 455, built 1991–1992
  • EF81-500: Numbers EF81 501 – 503, built 1989
  • EF81-600: Former EF81-0 locomotives renumbered by JR Freight from May 2012

EF81-0

152 locomotives were built from 1968 to 1979 in three batches and numbered EF81 1 to EF81 152.[2] 14 EF81-0 locomotives were later modified to become Class EF81-400.[2] The prototype locomotive, EF81 1, was built by Hitachi, and delivered in 1968.[1] Locomotives EF81 137 onward were built with sun-visor plates above the cab windows.[3] These were also subsequently retro-fitted to locomotives EF81 133 to 136.[3]

The prototype, EF81 1, was withdrawn on 31 March 2004.[2]

From May 2012, JR Freight locomotives not fitted with driving recording units mandated for operations over 100 km/h (60 mph)* were renumbered by adding "600" to the running number to differentiate them from the other members of the sub-class fitted.[3]

  • EF81 2 (first batch) with white stripes indicating refurbishment, March 2008
    EF81 2 (first batch) with white stripes indicating refurbishment, March 2008
  • EF81 92 (second batch) in Cassiopeia livery, September 2007
    EF81 92 (second batch) in Cassiopeia livery, September 2007
  • EF81 142 (third batch)
    EF81 142 (third batch)

EF81-300

Four locomotives were built between 1973 and 1975 by Hitachi with unpainted corrugated stainless steel bodies for use on services through the undersea Kanmon Tunnel to Kyushu.[2] In 1978, locomotives EF81 301 and 302 were transferred to the Joban Line in 1978, and received the standard JNR AC/DC livery of pale red.[1]

  • EF81 301 in light red livery, August 1992
    EF81 301 in light red livery, August 1992
  • EF81 303, February 2010
    EF81 303, February 2010

EF81-400

14 locomotives were built in 1986 and 1987 and to replace ageing Class EF30 hauling services through the Kanmon Tunnel.[2] Although some locomotives operating on a few "Blue Train" services served some railway lines in Kyushu, in particular sections of the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nippō Main Line as well as the entire Nagasaki Main Line.

Locomotives EF81 409 to 414 were withdrawn between March 1996 and December 2010.[4]

  • EF81 414 on an Asakaze service, July 1991
    EF81 414 on an Asakaze service, July 1991

EF81-450

Five locomotives built in 1991 and 1992 for use hauling freight services through the Kanmon Tunnel. Locomotives EF81 451 and 452 have modern-style headlight clusters.[1]

  • EF81 451, September 2006
    EF81 451, September 2006
  • EF81 454, February 2008
    EF81 454, February 2008

EF81-500

Three locomotives, EF81 501 to 503, were built by Hitachi in 1989 for JR Freight for use on freight services along the Sea of Japan coastal route.[2]

  • EF81 502, August 2010
    EF81 502, August 2010

EF81-600

There are former Class EF81-0 locomotives renumbered from May 2012 by JR Freight to differentiate them from locomotives fitted with driving recording units mandated for operations over 100 km/h (60 mph)*.[3]

  • JR Freight EF81 742 and EF81 627, October 2012
    JR Freight EF81 742 and EF81 627, October 2012

Livery variations

  • JR East EF81 95 in "Super Express Rainbow" livery, February 2007
    JR East EF81 95 in "Super Express Rainbow" livery, February 2007
  • JR West EF81 103 in Twilight Express livery, February 2011
    JR West EF81 103 in Twilight Express livery, February 2011
  • JR East EF81 81 in imperial train livery with silver bodyline stripe, November 2014
    JR East EF81 81 in imperial train livery with silver bodyline stripe, November 2014

In August 2014, JR East Tabata-based locomotive EF81 81 was repainted into a JNR-period imperial train locomotive livery, consisting of "rose pink" (Red No. 13) with silver bodyside stripe.[5]

Preserved examples

As of April 2016, three members of the class are preserved.

  • Twilight Express EF81 103 (right) in the Twilight Plaza zone at the Kyoto Railway Museum in May 2016
    Twilight Express EF81 103 (right) in the Twilight Plaza zone at the Kyoto Railway Museum in May 2016

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Inoue, Kōichi (1999). 国鉄機関車辞典. Japan: Sankaido. pp. 130–131. ISBN 4-381-10338-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g JR全車輌ハンドブック2009. Japan: Neko Publishing. 2009. pp. 47–51. ISBN 978-4-7770-0836-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  3. ^ a b c d JR機関車カタログ. Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. 20 June 2013. pp. 64–67. ISBN 9784863207271. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  4. ^ JR気動車客車編成表 2013. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 30 June 2013. p. 144. ISBN 978-4-330-37813-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  5. ^ Sekikawa, Takeshi (November 2014). "EF81 81 [田], 往年の塗装で出場". Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 643. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. p. 169. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b Sasada, Masahiro (25 November 2014). 国鉄&JR保存車大全2015-2016 (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. p. 122. ISBN 978-4863209282. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ 京都鉄道博物館. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 56, no. 662. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 2016. p. 52-53. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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