Kintetsu Osaka Line in winter- zenmen tenbou

[bikkuri bahn]

Cab view of snowy scenes this winter:

 

Train is an up (Uehonmachi bound) kukan kaisoku kyuko (what a mouthful!) between Akameguchi and Haibara, Kintetsu Osaka mainline.  The Sanbonmatsu Viaduct depicted in yesterday's post by bill937ca is at 3:40.  Love the curves and superelevation though mountain terrain.

[Nick_Burman]

Neat - what a roller coaster of a line! What's the steepest grade on the Osaka Main Line? Is Kintetsu stock fitted with regenerative/dynamic braking?

 

Cheers NB

[bikkuri bahn]

Neat - what a roller coaster of a line! What's the steepest grade on the Osaka Main Line? Is Kintetsu stock fitted with regenerative/dynamic braking?

 

Cheers NB

 

Interestingly, the steepest grade on this line is not in the mountains, but rather on the down line between Tsuruhashi Sta. and Uehonmachi (underground) Sta., at 35 permils or 3.5%.  The abandoned Aoyama Pass route of this line (now bypassed by a series of more direct tunnels) had a grade of 3.3%:

http://haisentn.s78.xrea.com/aoyama/1.htm

 

Kintetsu stock is fitted with rheostatic braking, and the newer rolling stock have regenerative braking also.

 

21000 series resistors on the driving car:

http://art21.photozou.jp/pub/363/293363/photo/30748234.jpg

[Nick_Burman]

Neat - what a roller coaster of a line! What's the steepest grade on the Osaka Main Line? Is Kintetsu stock fitted with regenerative/dynamic braking?

 

Cheers NB

 

Interestingly, the steepest grade on this line is not in the mountains, but rather on the down line between Tsuruhashi Sta. and Uehonmachi (underground) Sta., at 35 permils or 3.5%.  The abandoned Aoyama Pass route of this line (now bypassed by a series of more direct tunnels) had a grade of 3.3%:

http://haisentn.s78.xrea.com/aoyama/1.htm

 

 

Thanks BB. Must have been a real scenic section of line - when was it bypassed? Also I notice that the tunnels are all single track - was the entire section single-track?

 

Oh yes, don't forget to check the other 2 parts of the same ride - all in all they cover the central part of the mountain line, from Iga to Haibara. 

 

Cheers NB

[miyakoji]

Looks like it opened on November 23, 1975.  Those pics of the closed ROW are really interesting Bikkuri, after hearing for years how "Japan doesn't have much land," the fact is they do, it's just that no one wants to live there!

 

Here's a googlemap: http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&lci=org.wikipedia.en&q=34.6826,136.2053&ie=UTF8&ll=34.675429,136.26523&spn=0.052022,0.124197&z=14

[keitaro]

i do :(

[bikkuri bahn]

Thanks BB. Must have been a real scenic section of line - when was it bypassed? Also I notice that the tunnels are all single track - was the entire section single-track?

 

The new line was opened in 1975.  Yes, the original line was single line in this portion.  Kintetsu was already planning to double track the line with new tunnels, but the Aoyama Tunnel Accident of Oct. 1971 (runaway train, derailment and collision with another train- 25 deaths, 227 injured) accelerated the building of the new line.

 

Pictures of the old line at Nishi Aoyama Station:

http://outdoor.geocities.jp/onaganrengaw/_gl_images_/Kintetsu_Aoyama_Tonnel_10100.jpg

 

http://outdoor.geocities.jp/onaganrengaw/_gl_images_/Kintetsu_12200_Nishi__Aoyama.jpg

 

http://outdoor.geocities.jp/onaganrengaw/_gl_images_/Kintetsu_2232_Nishi_Aoyama.jpg

 

Site with some pictures of the accident:

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/minivaradero/5421937.html

[Nick_Burman]

The new line was opened in 1975.  Yes, the original line was single line in this portion.  Kintetsu was already planning to double track the line with new tunnels, but the Aoyama Tunnel Accident of Oct. 1971 (runaway train, derailment and collision with another train- 25 deaths, 227 injured) accelerated the building of the new line.

 

Pictures of the old line at Nishi Aoyama Station:

http://outdoor.geocities.jp/onaganrengaw/_gl_images_/Kintetsu_Aoyama_Tonnel_10100.jpg

 

http://outdoor.geocities.jp/onaganrengaw/_gl_images_/Kintetsu_12200_Nishi__Aoyama.jpg

 

http://outdoor.geocities.jp/onaganrengaw/_gl_images_/Kintetsu_2232_Nishi_Aoyama.jpg

 

 

Sorry BB, but Yahoo says these links are duds...

 

Nasty wreck, that one...

 

 

Cheers NB

[bikkuri bahn]

Here is the web page containing the above pictures (entry for 7/29/2008).  Very interesting pictures, the station(s)/loop tracks on this portion of the route were located in narrow valleys, must have been quite scenic, as well as exciting to see all that traffic squeezed into such a narrow place.

 

http://outdoor.geocities.yahoo.co.jp/gl/onaganrengaw/view/200807?.begin=16

[Nick_Burman]

Thanks, now it works (funny how Geocities Japan is still active!). I like the picture of the Limited Express coming out of the tunnel, reminds me a bit of our (now long gone) electric lines...

 

 

Cheers NB