JNR Class ED62

Infobox Locomotive
name=ED62
electricsystem=1,500 V DC
tractionmotors=DC
powertype=Electric


caption=Preserved ED62 17 at Omiya Works Open Day, 2007-05-26
builddate=1974-1979
builder=JNR Nagano Works
weight=62 tons
uicclass=Bo-1-Bo
gauge=1,067 mm
firstrundate=
disposition=All withdrawn
numinclass=18
wheeldiameter=1,120 mm (driving wheels)
poweroutput=1,560 kW
wheelbase=
tractiveeffort=
topspeed=90 km/h
length=14,300 mm
width=2,800 mm
height=3,969 mm
transmission=
railroad=JNR, JR Freight|

The ED62 is a class of Japanese Bo-1-Bo wheel arrangement electric locomotives.

The ED62 class locomotives were created between 1974 and 1979 by modifying the 18 earlier ED61 Bo-Bo electric locomotives with the addition of a centre non-driven axle. Rebuilding was carried out at JNR’s Nagano Works.The primary aim of rebuilding was to reduce the axle load (from 15 t to 13 t) for use on the Iida Line, where the class displaced vintage ED18 (English Electric) and ED19 (Westinghouse) locomotives and later JNR EF10 locomotives.One highlight of the class’s career was when ED62 15 hauled the Imperial Train on the Iida Line in 1979. It was also not uncommon to see ED62s close to Tōkyō when they worked to Shin-Tsurumi depot for examinations.Eight members of the class were still in service in 1987 when JNR was split into separate JR Group companies, and ED62 17 was repainted into the new JR Freight livery shortly after. When freight operations ceased on the Iida Line in 1997, the remaining locomotives were placed in storage before finally being withdrawn in 2002.

Build details

Preserved examples

*ED62 1 JR East Nagano depot
*ED62 14 Sakuma Rail Park
*ED62 16 JR Freight Shinonoi depot (current status unconfirmed)
*ED62 17 JR East Ōmiya works (standard blue livery)

Models

The ED62 was produced by Tomix in N gauge in both standard blue (#2137) and the JR-Freight blue/grey livery applied to ED62 17 (#2139).

References

*Kōichi Inoue, “Kokutetsu Kikansha Jiten” (JNR Locomotive Guide), Man To Man Books, 1999

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