JNR Class ED60

Infobox Locomotive
name=ED60
electricsystem=1,500 V DC
tractionmotors=DC
powertype=Electric


caption=
builddate=1958-1960
builder=Kawasaki, Tōyō + Kisha, Mitsubishi
weight=56 tons
uicclass=Bo-Bo
gauge=1,067 mm
firstrundate=
disposition=All withdrawn
numinclass=8
wheeldiameter=1,120 mm
poweroutput=1,560 kW
wheelbase=
tractiveeffort=
topspeed=90 km/h
length=13,000 mm
width=2,800 mm
height=3,960 mm
transmission=
railroad=JNR|

JNR class ED60 is generally considered the first of the so-called second-generation DC electric locomotive types featuring increased-power traction motors. Despite its diminutive size, the Bo-Bo wheel arrangement ED60 design offered performance comparable with the much larger EF15 1Co+Co1 design weighing almost twice as much.

Eight locomotives were built between 1958 and 1960 by Kawasaki, Tōyō + Kisha, and Mitsubishi. They were introduced on local freight services on the Ōito, Senzan, and Hanwa Lines, replacing earlier ED21, ED22, and ED38 class locomotives acquired when private railways had been absorbed into JNR. The class survived until early 1986 when freight was discontinued on these lines. ED60 1 is preserved at Nagano Depot.

Build details

Models

No ready-to-run models of the ED60 are available in N gauge, although brass kits are produced by World Kōgei.

References

* いのうえ・こういち (Kōichi Inoue) "国鉄機関車事典" (JNR Locomotive Guide), Man to Man Books, 1999