International Railroad Discussion > JR Freight Rail Overview Presentation

With the interest in JR Freight operation over the past month, here is a Power Point presentation which gives a detailed overview of Japan Rail Freight.

http://www.carecprogram.org/uploads/events/2015/035-Railway-WG-Meeting/Presentation-Materials/Day-2/2015-RWG-Meeting-P15_%20JR%20Freight_KNishimura_EN.pdf

Last trip to Japan, I had a chance to spend a couple hours at Saijo Station in Higashi-Hiroshima on the Sanyo Main Line. This is the station where eastbound freight trains stop to drop off the helper after the summit of Senohachi Grade.

EF210-117 was built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe and based at Okayama. It is part of the second order of EF210s which have IGBT transistors in the inverter instead of GTO thyristors used in the prototype and -0 group.

EF210-117 was being pushed by the venerable EF67-102. I grabbed a picture of the -102 as it waited for a signal to return west to Hiroshima Freight Terminal. EF67-102 started life as class EF65-131 built in July 1970. It was rebuilt as EF67-102 in May 1990.

The EF210-3xx class are being built to replace the EF67s in helper service over Senohachi Grade. So far, 10 EF210-3xx series have been built and entered service March 2013.

The next eastbound had another goodie on the point, EF66-132, second to last EF66 built in October 1991 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries utilizing Toyo Electric electrical gear.

daniel

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here are some more from one of my recent visits around Japan

Hokkaido freight from Sappporo



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bottom two Ishinomaki Port trains



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in Hakodate Hokkaido where they change locos

and Kurioso

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251F Wrote:
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> With the interest in JR Freight operation over the
> past month, here is a Power Point presentation
> which gives a detailed overview of Japan Rail
> Freight.
>
> http://www.carecprogram.org/uploads/events/2015/03
> 5-Railway-WG-Meeting/Presentation-Materials/Day-2/
> 2015-RWG-Meeting-P15_%20JR%20Freight_KNishimura_EN
> .pdf
>
> Last trip to Japan, I had a chance to spend a
> couple hours at Saijo Station in Higashi-Hiroshima
> on the Sanyo Main Line. This is the station where
> eastbound freight trains stop to drop off the
> helper after the summit of Senohachi Grade.
>
> EF210-117 was built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries
> in Kobe and based at Okayama. It is part of the
> second order of EF210s which have IGBT transistors
> in the inverter instead of GTO thyristors used in
> the prototype and -0 group.
>
> EF210-117 was being pushed by the venerable
> EF67-102. I grabbed a picture of the -102 as it
> waited for a signal to return west to Hiroshima
> Freight Terminal. EF67-102 started life as class
> EF65-131 built in July 1970. It was rebuilt as
> EF67-102 in May 1990.
>
> The EF210-3xx class are being built to replace the
> EF67s in helper service over Senohachi Grade. So
> far, 10 EF210-3xx series have been built and
> entered service March 2013.
>
> The next eastbound had another goodie on the
> point, EF66-132, second to last EF66 built in
> October 1991 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries
> utilizing Toyo Electric electrical gear.
>
> daniel

Date delivered

EF210-301 Kawasaki Heavy Industries September 2012[4]
EF210-302 Kawasaki Heavy Industries April 2013[6]
EF210-303 Kawasaki Heavy Industries 2013[7]
EF210-304 Kawasaki Heavy Industries July 2015[7]
EF210-305 Kawasaki Heavy Industries August 2015[8]
EF210-306 Kawasaki Heavy Industries September 2015[9]
EF210-307 Kawasaki Heavy Industries September 2015[10]
EF210-308 Kawasaki Heavy Industries October 2015[10]
EF210-309 Kawasaki Heavy Industries October 2015[10]
EF210-310 Kawasaki Heavy Industries August 2017[11]
EF210-311 Kawasaki Heavy Industries August 2017[12]