Tokyo Comprehensive Vehicle Center Summer Vacation Fair

[bill937ca]

Video by Ayokoi.

 

 

[bill937ca]

Video by  tomy Hiratsuka.

 

 

[Sacto1985]

I wonder where they found that EF64 painted in the really old JNR colors, or was it deliberately painted that way.

[railsquid]

It was repainted that way earlier this year: https://railf.jp/news/2018/04/09/203000.html

[scotspensioner]

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Edited August 26, 2018 by scotspensioner
Wrong identity

[railsquid]

  On 8/26/2018 at 3:35 PM, scotspensioner said:

Judging by YouTube film's I've seen it's been running like that for a while.Ive seen it working a cruise train made up of Cassiopeia stock

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That might have been EF64-1001, which was in the classic brown livery for a long time, but was repainted blue last year. https://railf.jp/news/2017/10/27/100000.html , or possibly EF64-37.

BTW I made an attempt to attend this, but the queue was tailing back all the way to Oimachi station (I thought it might be bad as they had people on the Keihin-Tohoku line platform directing attendees to use the farther, less convenient exit) and it was a blazing hot day and I had the Squidlet with me and it looked like a lot of standing around in direct sunshine in tarmac-heavy environments might be involved, so we went and did something else instead.

[scotspensioner]

I deleted the post because I checked and found it was EF64-37 which had hauled the Cassiopeia on a tour to Matsumoto in 2016

 My mistake!

[Kiha66]

I didn't realize there were any operational ef58s left, I wonder if it powers any excursions still.

[katoftw]

Pretty sure it still pulls Takasakis brown coach set.

Edited August 26, 2018 by katoftw

[railsquid]

  On 8/26/2018 at 6:11 PM, Kiha66 said:

I didn't realize there were any operational ef58s left, I wonder if it powers any excursions still.

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 There aren't, EF58-61 was the last one, retired in 2008.

[Kiha66]

  On 8/26/2018 at 10:09 PM, railsquid said:

 There aren't, EF58-61 was the last one, retired in 2008.

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Does it live in the vehicle center then?  The pantographs are up and the headlight is on so I assumed it was functional.

[gavino200]

The cloth flags don't look nearly as good as the stiff plastic ones!

[railsquid]

  On 8/26/2018 at 10:13 PM, Kiha66 said:

 

Does it live in the vehicle center then?  The pantographs are up and the headlight is on so I assumed it was functional.

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Apparently, inside this shed with other preserved imperial train cars: https://takuan21a.exblog.jp/24108974/

 

IIRC the bogie frame were showing signs of weakness, hence the retirement from mainline service, but evidently it's stiil in good enough condition to be moved around and attached to the wires.

 

[Kiha66]

  On 8/26/2018 at 11:01 PM, railsquid said:

Apparently, inside this shed with other preserved imperial train cars: https://takuan21a.exblog.jp/24108974/

 

IIRC the bogie frame were showing signs of weakness, hence the retirement from mainline service, but evidently it's stiil in good enough condition to be moved around and attached to the wires.

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Interesting!  I didn't know they preserved the Imperial cars as well, I hope the whole train becomes a visitable museum one day.