JR Freight Class EF510

EF510
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]

JR East Class EF510-500

JR East EF510-501 on display at Omiya Works open day, May 2010

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]

See also

• Media related to JR Freight EF510 at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} JR全車輌ハンドブック2006 (JR Rolling Stock Handbook). Japan: Neko Publishing. 2006. ISBN 4-7770-0453-8. 
2. ^ "JR車両のデータバンク2001/2002". Japan Railfan Magazine (Japan: Kōyūsha) 42 (496). August 2002. 
3. ^ "Japan Railfan Magazine" July 2009 issue, p.47
4. ^ "平成２１年度の機関車の新製について" (Fiscal 2009 New Locomotive Orders), JR Freight news release, 11 June 2008. Retrieved on 3 December 2008.
5. ^ "平成２２年度の機関車の新製について" (Fiscal 2010 New Locomotive Orders), JR Freight news release, 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
6. ^ Sankei News: "【鉄道ファン必見】新型電気機関車「ＥＦ５１０形」導入へ　ＪＲ東日本" (3 December 2008). Retrieved on 3 December 2008. (Japanese)
7. ^ "JR東　寝台特急用の電気機関車を新製" (5 December 2008). Retrieved on 5 December 2008. (Japanese)
8. ^ Japan Railfan Magazine: "JR東日本のEF510-501，登場" (18 December 2009). Retrieved 18 December 2009. (Japanese)
9. ^ Natori, Noriyuki (3 March 2010). "ＥＦ510形500番代を正式発表 (EF510-500 officially announced)" (in Japanese). Hobidas. Neko Publishing. http://rail.hobidas.com/blog/natori/archives/2010/03/post_1214.html. Retrieved 5 March 2010. 
10. ^ "EF510 500番代による〈カシオペア〉牽引開始 (Start of EF510-500 haulage for Cassiopeia services)" (in Japanese). Hobidas. Neko Publishing. 25 June 2010. http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2010/06/jref510_500.html. Retrieved 25 June 2010. 

External links

• Profile on Kawasaki Heavy Industries website (Japanese)
• JR Freight website (Japanese)