Change of the Guard on the Iida Line

[Nick_Burman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwVcpdh2GwY

 

It's 1976 and the British and American-built electrics are running their last miles on the Iida Line; the ED62s are already on hand to replace them.

 

Q: Were the ED62s purpose-built for the Iida line or were they transferred from somewhere else?

 

 

Cheers NB

[angusmclean]

ED62

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ED62

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10009402

 

 

ED61

 

http://translate.google.co.nz/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fja.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FED61

 

Angus