JRF DF200; Tomakomai

[Kitayama]

17 May 2016, Tomakomai, Muroran Line, Hokkaido

DF200-61 in action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sacto1985]

I believe they built the DF200 specifically for Hokkaido because only a very small fraction of the rail lines on Hokkaido are electrified at 20 KV AC. I believe freight trains swap locomotives at Goryōkaku Freight Station for EH800 locomotives for the trip south through the Seikan Tunnel, then swap locomotives again a the Aomori Freight Terminal before the freight train moves south through Honshu.

[westfalen]

Will be spending a couple of nights at Tomakomai in September.  According to the freight timetable there are three trip worokings a day from the freight yard north of town to the paper mill near the station.

[katoftw]

I just like the new arrangement for the Cassiopeia.  We now can have DF200s and EH800s pulling the 12 car consist along.