JR Freight Class EF510

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Bogies	FD7N (outer), FD8A (centre)
Length	19,800 mm (64 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Width	2,970 mm (9 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
Height	4,280 mm (14 ft 1⁄2 in)
Loco weight	100.8 t; (99.2 long tons; 111.1 short tons)
Electric system/s	1,500 V DC &; 20 kV AC at 50/60 Hz; overhead wire
Current pickup(s)	pantograph
Traction motors	FMT4 x 6
Safety systems	ATS-PF, ATS-SF (JR Freight)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Build date	2001–

Class EF510
Class EF510
	JR East EF510-501 and JR Freight EF510-1, May 2010
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Build date	2001–
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Bogies	FD7N (outer), FD8A (centre)
Length	19,800 mm (64 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Width	2,970 mm (9 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
Height	4,280 mm (14 ft 1⁄2 in)
Loco weight	100.8 t; (99.2 long tons; 111.1 short tons)
Electric system/s	1,500 V DC &; 20 kV AC at 50/60 Hz; overhead wire
Current pickup(s)	pantograph
Traction motors	FMT4 x 6
Safety systems	ATS-PF, ATS-SF (JR Freight)
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	110 km/h (70 mph)
Power output	3,390 kW (4,550 hp)
Tractive effort	199 kN (45,000 lbf)
Operators
Career
Operators	■ JR Freight (2002 -); ■ JR East (June 2010 - March 2016);
Number in class	40 (as of 1 April 2016)
First run	2002

The Class EF510 (EF510形) is a Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement multi-voltage AC/DC electric locomotive type operated by JR Freight and East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan since 2002.^[1] As of 1 April 2016^[update], the fleet consists of 40 locomotives (24 EF510-0s and 16 EF510-500s), all based at Toyama Depot.^[2]

Design

The design used many components common with the Class EF210, and was intended to replace ageing Class EF81 locomotives on freight services operating along the Sea of Japan coastal routes.^[3]

Variants

EF510-0: Locomotives EF510-1 – built from 2001 for JR Freight
EF510-500: Locomotives EF510-501 – 515, built 2009–2010 originally for JR East
EF510-300: Locomotives EF510-301 onwards, built from 2021 for JR Freight

The class is subdivided into the original EF510-0 sub-class operated by JR Freight and fifteen EF510-500 sub-class locomotives ordered and originally operated on passenger services by JR East. As of 1 October 2013, there were 23 EF510-0 locomotives and 15 EF510-500 locomotives in service.

Class EF510-0

The first locomotive, EF510-1, was delivered in February 2002 and initially based at Shin-Tsurumi Depot^[4] before being transferred to Toyama Depot in 2002.^[3] The first full-production locomotive, EF510-2, was delivered in November 2003, and this and subsequent locomotives delivered featured "Red Thunder" bodyside branding.^[3]

EF510-1 in April 2022, without "Red Thunder" branding
EF510-15, February 2017

Class EF510-500

EF510-504 following transfer to JR Freight, February 2017

The EF510-500 subclass consists of 15 locomotives originally operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which replaced its fleet of EF81 locomotives formerly used to haul Cassiopeia and Hokutosei overnight sleeping car trains from June 2010.

These were the first locomotives to be ordered by any of the JR passenger operating companies since privatization.^[5] The new locomotives cost around 400 million yen each.^[6] The first locomotive, EF510-501, was delivered from the Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Hyogo Prefecture on 18 December 2009, arriving at Tabata Depot in Tokyo on 19 December. Livery was blue with gold lining and shooting star logo.^[7]

Two of the fifteen locomotives (EF510-509 and EF510-510) were painted in a dedicated colour scheme of silver with blue, purple, red, orange, and yellow stripes, to match the Cassiopeia rolling stock.^[8]

The first locomotive, EF510-501, entered service on 25 June 2010.^[9]

From the start of the revised timetable in March 2013, Joban Line freight duties operated by JR East EF510-500 locomotives were operated instead by JR Freight Class EH500 locomotives,^[10] and locomotive numbers EF510-501 to 508 and 511 became surplus to requirements. These nine locomotives were subsequently sold to JR Freight in July 2013.^[11] Locomotives EF510-512, 513, and 515 were also transferred to JR Freight in December 2015.^[12]

Build details

The delivery dates and liveries for the Class EF510-500 fleet are as follows.^[13]^[14]

Number	Delivered	Livery	Transfer to JR Freight
EF510-501	25 December 2009	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-502	26 January 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-503	20 April 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-504	7 May 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-505	19 May 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-506	2 June 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-507	15 June 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-508	25 June 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-509	9 July 2010	■ Cassiopeia silver	March 2016
EF510-510	22 July 2010	■ Cassiopeia silver	March 2016
EF510-511	6 August 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	July 2013
EF510-512	27 August 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	December 2015
EF510-513	10 September 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	December 2015
EF510-514	20 October 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	February 2016
EF510-515	8 October 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	December 2015
EF510-516	7 November 2010	■ Hokutosei blue	February 2016

Class EF510-300

The EF510-300 subclass is operated by JR Freight in the Kyushu area of Japan, of which 17 locomotives are to be built.^[15] Originally intended to enter service in March 2023,^[15] they entered service on 25 February of that year.^[16]

As part of its business plan for fiscal 2021, JR Freight announced on 31 March 2021 that they would procure Class EF510 locomotives to replace ageing locomotives, such as the Class ED76 and Class EF81, currently in use in Kyushu.^[17] On 15 October of the same year, it was revealed that the subclass would inherit the nickname "ECO-POWER Red Thunder" (「ECO-POWER レッドサンダー」), and the first production example of the subclass (EF510-301) was completed.^[18] EF510-301 was unveiled to the press on 9 December 2021.^[19]

Classification

The EF510 classification for this locomotive type is explained below.

E: Electric locomotive
F: Six driving axles
510: AC/DC locomotive with AC motors

References

^ ELダイヤ情報21 [Electric Loco Timetable Information 21]. Tokyo, Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. October 2012. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-4330320120.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Jēāru zensharyō handobukku: Rail Magazine 2009 JR全車輌ハンドブック2009 [JR Rolling Stock Handbook 2009]. Japan: Neko Publishing. 2009. p. 52. ISBN 978-4-7770-0836-0.
^ JR車両のデータバンク2001/2002 [JR Rolling Stock Databank 2001/2002]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 42, no. 496. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. August 2002. p. 96.
^ 新型電気機関車「ＥＦ５１０形」導入へＪＲ東日本 [JR East to introduce Class EF510]. Sankei News (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ "JR東寝台特急用の電気機関車を新製" [JR East to build new electric locomotives for sleeping car trains]. Tetsudo.com (in Japanese). Japan: Asahi Interactive, Inc. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ "JR東日本のEF510-501，登場" [JR East EF510-501 appears]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ Natori, Noriyuki (3 March 2010). ＥＦ510形500番代を正式発表 [EF510-500 officially announced]. Hobidas (in Japanese). Neko Publishing. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ EF510 500番代による〈カシオペア〉牽引開始 [Start of EF510-500 haulage for Cassiopeia services]. Hobidas (in Japanese). Neko Publishing. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ さらば田端運転所の客貨両用運用 [End of Tabata Depot Passenger/Freight Duties]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 53, no. 627. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. July 2013. pp. 69–71.
^ JRグループ車両のデータバンク2013上半期 [JR Group Rolling Stock Databank - 2013 1st half]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 634. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 2014. p. 210.
^ JR車両のうごき [JR rolling stock changes]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 45, no. 383. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. March 2016. p. 127.
^ Ishido, Ryota (March 2013). EF510-500パーフェクトガイド [EF510-500 Complete Guide]. Rail Magazine (in Japanese). No. 354. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. p. 75.
^ Jr気動車客車編成表 2016 JR気動車客車編成表 2016 [JR DMU & Coaching Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 22 June 2016. p. 128. ISBN 978-4-330-69016-2.
^ ^a ^b "愛称「銀釜」の後継機ＪＲ貨物の新型電気機関車、川崎車両兵庫工場で開発、公開九州エリアで運行予定" [New locomotive for JR Freight developed and unveiled at Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Hyogo facility]. Kobe Shimbun NEXT (in Japanese). 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ EF510-301が再び日豊本線の貨物列車をけん [EF510-301 hauling freight trains on the Nippo Main Line again]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "JR貨物九州地区にEF510形電気機関車導入へ老朽車両の取替で" [JR Freight to introduce Class EF510 locomotives in Kyushu by replacing older vehicles]. Traffic News (in Japanese). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "九州向けＥＦ５１０形式交直流電気機関車「ＥＣＯ－ＰＯＷＥＲレッドサンダー」の製作について" [About the production of Class EF510 AC / DC electric locomotive "ECO-POWER Red Thunder" for Kyushu] (PDF). JR Freight (in Japanese). 15 October 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "JR貨物EF510形301号機が報道陣に公開される" [JR Freight EF510-301 released to the press]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.