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Monday Train Blogging: Crocodiles | 35 comments (35 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Monday Train Blogging: Crocodiles (4.00 / 3)

I found this in western Japan ca 1960. The loco was dedicated to port operations, and was not used for long haul.

(Source: Mo-yan's Album)

I will become a patissier, God willing.

by tuasfait on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 10:14:20 AM EST

Re: Monday Train Blogging: Crocodiles (none / 0)

Wow... can you find any data on that machine? Build when and by whom? Is its nose articulated or rigid-frame (as it seems from the photo)?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 10:43:02 AM EST
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Re: Monday Train Blogging: Crocodiles (4.00 / 2)

This one (model ED30) appears was experimental.

Built in 1943 in Japan by Toyokawa Railways
Power: 1500V DC
Axels: B-B
Weight: 40t
Output (/h): 500kW
4 Motors

Japan didn't have the mechanical ability to achieve 3-dimentional curves then. So this must be rigid-frame.

Again, thank you always for your great train robber... ah blogging. ('_>`)

I will become a patissier, God willing.

by tuasfait on Wed Mar 8th, 2006 at 12:20:31 AM EST
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