- Japan Freight Railway Company
nihongo|Japan Freight Railway Company|日本貨物鉄道株式会社|Nippon Kamotsu Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha, or nihongo|JR Freight|JR貨物|Jeiāru Kamotsu, is one of the constituent companies of
Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide.The Japan Railways Group was born on
April 1 ,1987 , whenJapanese National Railways (JNR) was privatized, and then divided into six regional companies and Japan Freight Railway Company. Although the passenger operation of JNR was split into 6 companies, fares and regulations are standard for all companies and every region of Japan except Okinawa is covered by the railway network spanning approximately 19,800 kilometres (12,400 miles).Formerly part of JNR, the freight operation was not divided and became a single separate company when JNR was privatized and split. Although it has only about fifty kilometers of track of its own, it also operates on track owned by the JR passenger railways and other companies. The company uses the initials JRF as an abbreviated name for identification.
Rolling stock
JR Freight owns a variety of rolling stock, including
*Diesel locomotive s
** JNR design: DD51, DE10, DE11
** JR design: DF200
* DCelectric locomotive s
** JNR design: EF64, EF65, EF66, EF67
** JR design: EF200, EF210, EH200
* ACelectric locomotive s
** JNR design: ED75, ED76, ED79
* AC/DCelectric locomotive s
** JNR design: EF81
** JR design: EF510, EH500
* Freight EMUs
* Covered and uncovered cars with capacities up to 36ton s
* Carriers forautomobile s,truck s and containers
* Large cars with capacities up to 80 tons
*Coal and hopper carsFuture developments
The company announced on
10 September 2008 plans to develop a hybrid diesel-battery locomotive to replace the ageing DE10 locomotives on shunting work. The prototype 60-tonne Bo-Bo locomotive will be delivered in late fiscal 2009 and will offer a maximum power output of 500 kW. [ [http://www.jrfreight.co.jp/press/pdf/200809-02.pdf 新型入換専用機関車の開発(試作)について. (10 September 2008 ).] Retrieved on12 September 2008 . ja icon]ee also
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Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification References
External links
*http://www.jrfreight.co.jp/ (Japanese)
*http://www.jrfreight.co.jp/english/ (English)
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