JNR Class ED62

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ED62

Preserved ED62 17 at Omiya Works Open Day, 2007-05-26
Power type	Electric
Builder	JNR Nagano Works
Build date	1974-1979
UIC classification	Bo-1-Bo
Gauge	1,067 mm
Wheel diameter	1,120 mm (driving wheels)
Length	14,300 mm
Width	2,800 mm
Height	3,969 mm
Locomotive weight	62 tons
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Traction motors	DC
Top speed	90 km/h
Power output	1,560 kW
Career	JNR, JR Freight
Number in class	18
Disposition	All withdrawn

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operations ceased on the Iida Line in 1997, the remaining locomotives were placed in storage before finally being withdrawn in 2002.

Contents 1 Build details 2 Preserved examples 3 Models 4 References

[edit] Build details

Number	Former number	Converted	Withdrawn
ED62 1	ED61 3	Jun 1974	Feb 1987
ED62 2	ED61 2	Aug 1975	Dec 1985
ED62 3	ED61 9	Aug 1975	Oct 1998
ED62 4	ED61 8	Aug 1975	Oct 1998
ED62 5	ED61 6	Aug 1975	Oct 1998
ED62 6	ED61 14	Aug 1976	Oct 1998
ED62 7	ED61 4	Aug 1976	Oct 1998
ED62 8	ED61 11	Oct 1976	Feb 1987
ED62 9	ED61 1	Nov 1976	May 1985
ED62 10	ED61 13	Jul 1977	Feb 1987
ED62 11	ED61 10	Sep 1977	May 1985
ED62 12	ED61 5	Oct 1977	Jun 1985
ED62 13	ED61 12	Nov 1977	Jun 1985
ED62 14	ED61 16	Feb 1978	Nov 1984
ED62 15	ED61 7	Mar 1978	Feb 1996
ED62 16	ED61 17	Aug 1978	Mar 2002
ED62 17	ED61 18	Oct 1978	Mar 2002
ED62 18	ED61 15	Jan 1979	Jul 1985

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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).

[edit] References

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