Electric Locomotive EX (Explorer) Vol.27 (Icarus MOOK)

With the introduction of a large number of newly manufactured EF210-300 series locomotives, the future of the Shin-Tsurumi Locomotive Depot EF65PF class is attracting attention. Following the March 18th timetable revision, some of the Tokyo metropolitan area operations will be handed over to newer locomotives, but they will continue to operate at Shikoku Takamatsu Freight Terminal via the notable Tokaido-Sanyo Main Line. In this special feature, we will look back on the Shin-Tsurumi Depot EF65PF class's performance over the past year using data based on original research, while also presenting their magnificent appearance and speculating on their future operational status. The Imperial Royal Engine EF58 61 went on exhibit at the Railway Museum last fall. We will also use treasured documents from another Royal Engine, the EF58 60, to reveal the untold story of its short-lived era of pulling imperial royal trains.

[CONTENTS]

002 Breaking News: EF64 1032 Leaves Akita General Rolling Stock Center for General Inspection Masakazu Iwanari/Tadashi Arai

006 EF210-Post Helper Locomotives Enter Service on the Tokaido Branch Line (Umekita) Takashi Nagai

010 Shin-Tsurumi Locomotive Depot A Year with 32 EF65PF Locomotives (2022-2023) Jun Okumura

047 Recollections of a JNR Engineer ED71-Type AC Electric Locomotive Bin Kubo

056 French National Railways' AC Electric Locomotives Bin Kubo

059 "Random Musings" Vol. 11 "Akebono" and Digital Cameras Yuta Mori

068 "Me and Electric Locomotives" Vol. 27 The Box-Shaped EF58 Koichi Miyazawa

071 Recollections of the "Decker" ED17 Hisashi Morokawa

076 Series: Resurrection of the EF65 500, All 42 Cars, Nos. 537-539 Jun Okumura and Michio Nagai

080 New Series: From Steam to Electric and Imperial Train Drivers (1) The Heyday of the EF58 Imperial Train The Life of Katsuzo Hatano, Supervising Engineer at Nagoya Locomotive Depot Isao Nishimura

109 JNR Electric Trivia Number 05: Pantographs and Main Motors (2) Isamu Konuma

115 Graph: Stainless Steel EF81 Locomotive 303 Tetsuma Nomura

126 "Train Numbers" and Electric Locomotives, Part 4 Train 9336 "Spur Euro Akakura" Photographing Electric Locomotives in the Heavy Snow Zone of the Shinetsu Main Line Kiyoshi Matsuhiro

137 EF81s Undergoing Full Inspections at Hiroshima Depot 17 AC/DC Locomotives that Self-Propelled the "Senohachi" Shinichi Tanaka and Masakuni Osako

141 EF510 Oya31 Pulling Akihiro Tsujimori

142 View from the Sky, Part 10 Shinetsu Main Line, Yoneyama to Kasashima Michio Nagai

144 Yoshiyuki Ketsukai's Mysterious Electric Locomotives 08 Yoshiyuki Ketsukai

146 The First Dismantling of the Reiwa Era: Aichi Locomotive Depot EF64 1000 Series Minoru Wada

147 Moji Station in the Spring of 1979 A Paradise of Silver-Colored AC/DC Electric Locomotives Yoshitaka Matsuo

153 History of the JNR Electric Locomotive EF64 1000 Series (1) Katsuki Mishima