Fujikyu puts up ED403 loco for sale 'for free'

[Densha]

"Get your own scale 1:1 electric locomotive today."

 

Sources:

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/03/15/japanese-railway-company-selling-retro-electric-locomotive-to-whoever-wants-it/

http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/gakunan/ED403.pdf

[bill937ca]

But the shipping is a killer.   :hello:

[kvp]

The use depends on if it's operational or gutted. My guess is that it was retired as operational and sold as is, but i can't find any info about this. I would really prefer if it was preserved in running condition. (especially that Fujikyu didn't plan to keep it around just for fun or as a decorative piece at a station)

[ToniBabelony]

Isn't that Gakunan instead of Fujikyū? I bet Ōigawa would have had some interest, if they didn't had an oversupply of locomotives already.

[stevenh]

It definitely was once at Gakunan:

http://modelrail.otenko.com/japanese-trains/gakunan-railway

 

But seems to have been painted brown?

Maybe Fujikyu claimed it when Gakunan shut down the freight.