Blue Ribbon Award (Railway)

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Japanese film award of the same name, see Blue Ribbon Award .

The Blue Ribbon Award ( Japanese ブ ル ー リ ボ ン 賞 , Burū Ribon Shō ) is a prize awarded annually since 1958 by the Japanese Association of Railway Friends. It is awarded to rail vehicles that were put into operation in the previous year. The award is given to a car with an outstanding design.

plaque

The award-winning rail vehicles receive a sticker that is attached to the outside of the vehicle. The first badge had a narrow design in landscape format. When the “Laurel Prize” was established in 1961, Yasuyoshi Kuroiwa designed a new round badge that matches the design of the plaque for the Laurel Prize.

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  Design of the first commemorative plaque (until the early 1960s)

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  Design of the current commemorative plaque (since the early 1960s)

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  Presentation of the Blue Ribbon Award for 2005 at Shinjuku Station

Excellent rail vehicles

number	year	Train / series	operator	Illustration
1	1958	Odakyū series 3000 SE ET	Odakyū Dentetsu
2	1959	JNR Class 151 Kodama ET	JNR
3	1960	Kintetsu Class 10100 Vistacar II ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
4th	1961	KiHa 81 class Hatsukari internal combustion engine	JNR
5	1962	Meitetsu class 7000 panoramic car ET	Nagoya Tetsudō
6th	1963	Kintetsu class 20100 Aozora ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
7th	1964	Odakyū class 3100 NSE ET	Odakyū Dentetsu
8th	1965	Shinkansen class 0	JNR
9	1966	Meitetsu class KiHa 8000 combustion railcars	Nagoya Tetsudō
10	1967	Kintetsu class 18200 ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
11	1968	581 class Gekkō ET	JNR
12	1969	JNR class EF66 electric locomotive	JNR
13	1970	Seibu class 5000 Red Arrow ET	Seibu Tetsudo
14th	1971	not forgiven	-
15th	1972	JNR class 14	JNR
16	1973	JNR class 183 ET	JNR
17th	1974	Keisei class AE Skyliner ET	Keisei Dentetsu
18th	1975	not forgiven	-
19th	1976	Hankyū Dentetsu Class 6300 ET	Hankyū Dentetsu
20th	1977	Meitetsu class 6000 ET	Nagoya Tetsudō
21st	1978	Kintetsu Class 12400 Sunny Car ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
22nd	1979	Kintetsu Class 30000 Vistacar III ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
23	1980	Enoden class 1000 ET	Enoshima Dentetsu
24	1981	Odakyū class 7000 LSE ET	Odakyū Dentetsu
25th	1982	Hakone Tozan class 1000 Bernina ET	Hakone Tozan Tetsudō
26th	1983	Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu Class 2000 ET	Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu
27	1984	JNR Class 14 Salon Express Tokyo	JNR
28	1985	Meitetsu class 8800 Panorama DX ET	Nagoya Tetsudō
29	1986	Izukyu Class 2100 series Resort 21 ET	Izu Kyūkō
30th	1987	KiHa 83/84 Furano Express combustion railcar	Hokkaido Railway Company
31	1988	Odakyū class 10000 HiSE ET	Odakyū Dentetsu
32	1989	Kintetsu Class 21000 Urban Liner ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
33	1990	JNR Class 651 Super Hitachi ET	East Japan Railway Company
34	1991	Tobu class 100 series Spacia ET	Tōbu Tetsudō
35	1992	Odakyū class 20000 RSE ET	Odakyū Dentetsu
36	1993	JNR Class 787 Tsubame ET	Kyushu Railway Company
37	1994	not forgiven	-
38	1995	Nankai class 50,000 Rapi: t ET	Nankai Electric Railway
39	1996	JNR Class 883 Sonic ET	Kyushu Railway Company
40	1997	not forgiven	-
41	1998	Shinkansen class 500 Nozomi	West Japan Railway Company
42	1999	JNR Class 285 Sunrise Express ET	Central Japan Railway Company & West Japan Railway Company
43	2000	JNR class E26 Cassiopeia sleeping car	East Japan Railway Company
44	2001	JNR Class 885 Shiroi Kamome ET	Kyushu Railway Company
45	2002	JNR class E257 Azusa / Kaiji ET	East Japan Railway Company
46	2003	Kintetsu class 21020 series Urban Liner Next ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
47	2004	JR Shikoku Class 5000 Marine Liner ET	Shikoku Railway Company
48	2005	JR Freight Class M250 Super Rail Cargo ET	Japan Freight Railway Company
49	2006	Odakyū class 50000 VSE ET	Odakyū Dentetsu
50	2007	JNR class 0600 portram	Toyama Light Rail
51	2008	Shinkansen class N700	Central Japan Railway Company & West Japan Railway Company
52	2009	Odakyū class 60000 MSE ET	Odakyū Dentetsu
53	2010	JNR Class E259 Narita Express ET	East Japan Railway Company
54	2011	Keisei class AE Skyliner ET	Keisei Dentetsu
55	2012	Shinkansen series E5 ET	East Japan Railway Company
56	2013	Tokyo Metro Class 1000 ( Ginza Line ) ET	Tōkyō Metro
57	2014	Kintetsu class 50,000 Shimakaze ET	Kinki Nippon Tetsudo
58	2015	Shinkansen series E7 / Shinkansen series W7 ET	East Japan Railway Company / West Japan Railway Company
59	2016	Hanshin Class 5700 Jet Silver 5700 ET	Hanshin Tetsudo
60	2017	BEC819 series DENCHA BEMU	Kyushu Railway Company
61	2018	Class 35 passenger car	West Japan Railway Company
62	2019	Series 70000 "GSE" "Graceful Super Express" (GSE)	Odakyū Dentetsu express train between Shinjuku and Hakone

Remarks

1. ↑ The Association of Railway Friends ( 鉄 道 友 の 会 , Tetsudōyū no kai ) was founded on November 14, 1953. In 2009, 3500 individuals and 60 legal entities and groups were members of the association.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Blue Ribbon Prize and Laurel Prize. Japan Railfan Club, May 2016, accessed January 4, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : Blue Ribbon Award (railway)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English and Japanese)