JR Freight Class M250
| JR class M250 "Super Rail Cargo" | |
|---|---|
 JR class M250 "Super Rail Cargo" in June 2007
|
|
| Number: | 2 |
| Year of construction (s): | 2004 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo '+ Bo'Bo' + 2'2 '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ 2'2' + Bo'Bo '+ Bo'Bo' |
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) |
| Length over buffers: | 204,200 mm |
| Length: | 20,300 mm (railcar) 20,500 mm (intermediate car) |
| Height: | 3,720 mm (railcar) 1,000 mm (intermediate car) |
| Width: | 2,800 mm (railcar) 2,660 mm (intermediate car) |
| Empty mass: | 406.0 t |
| Service mass: | 728.0 t |
| Top speed: | 130 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 220 kW × 16 = 3,520 kW |
| Motor type: | Three-phase asynchronous motor |
| Motor type: | FMT130 |
| Power system : | 1,500 V DC |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Train control : | ATS-SF, ATS-PF |
| Coupling type: | Janney clutch |
The m250 series ( JAP JR貨物M250系電車 , JR Kamotsu M250-kei densha ) is since 2004 employed electrical narrow gauge - freight railcars of Japan Freight Railway Company .
description
An M250 consists of a total of 16 cars. Two unidirectional motor coach of the train are back to back on both ends coupled between are twelve non-driven, as well as in pairs short-coupled flatcar . Two of these vehicles and ten substitute medium vehicles were produced by a consortium of Nippon Sharyo , Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Toshiba . These trains are used on the Tōkaidō main line between the Tokyo freight terminal and the Ajikawaguchi station in Osaka as high-speed freight trains on behalf of the Sagawa Express freight forwarder . You cover this approx. 550 km long distance in 6:10 hours. A total of 28 "U54A" 31-foot containers can be transported. This concept won the Japanese Ministry of Transport's eco-product award in 2004 and, in 2005, became the first non-passenger train to win the Blue Ribbon from the Japanese Railway Fan Club since 1969.
model
KATO offers a four-part model of the M250 class as well as an extension set with eight intermediate cars.
See also
- CargoSprinter - former DB AG diesel railcar
- Windhoff MPV - successor to the CargoSprinter
