- JNR Class EF81
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EF81 JR Freight EF81 87, August 2007 Power type Electric Builder Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi[1] Build date 1968–1992 Total produced 161[1] UIC classification Bo-Bo-Bo Gauge 1,067 mm Bogies DT138, DT139 Wheel diameter 1,120 mm Length 18,600 mm Width 2,900 mm Height 4,280 mm Locomotive weight 100.8 t Electric system 1,500 V DC / 20 kV AC Current collection
methodOverhead catenary Safety systems ATS-S Career JR Freight, JR East, JR West, JR Kyushu Delivered 1968 The EF81 class of electric locomotives are Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement multi-voltage AC/DC electric locomotives operated on passenger and freight services in Japan.[2]
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Variants
EF81
152 locomotives built from 1968 to 1979 in 3 batches and numbered EF81 1 to EF81 152.
EF81-300
Four locomotives were built in 1975 with corrugated stainless steel bodies for use on services through the Kanmon Tunnel to Kyushu.[1]
EF81-400
14 locomotives built in 1986 and 1987 and mostly operated along the Kanmon Tunnel, 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.
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]
EF81-500
Three locomotives built in 1989 for JR Freight.[1]
See also
- Media related to JNR EF81 at Wikimedia Commons
References
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Categories:- 1500 V DC locomotives
- 20 kV AC locomotives
- Electric locomotives of Japan
- Bo-Bo-Bo locomotives
- Narrow gauge locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1968
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