Jōmō Electric Railway, Chūō-Maebashi to Nishi-Kiryu

[Sacto1985]

Here is a zenmen tenbou video of the Jōmō Electric Railway from Chūō-Maebashi to Nishi-Kiryu Stations in Gunma Prefecture:

 

 

The trainset is a former Keio 3000 Series EMU.

[miyakoji]

that ex-Keio equipment really gets around

[Sacto1985]

that ex-Keio equipment really gets around

 

Given that a lot of smaller Japanese railroads that can run EMU's are running ex-Keio 3000 and 5000 EMU's, one wonders did Keio unwisely scrapped a lot of 3000 and 5000 EMU's when they could have found buyers for them after refurbishment. After all, I believe most of the EMU's on the Ichibata Electric Railway that run west of Matsue are all ex-Keio equipment.

[Guest keio6000]

There's also something to be said about the fact that while most transplants are painted badly, the Keio 3000s in Jōmō and other services look great.

 

 

 

This for example is an ex-Seibu 2000 transplanted to indonesia:

 

 

 

(ok not really)

[bikkuri bahn]

Given that a lot of smaller Japanese railroads that can run EMU's are running ex-Keio 3000 and 5000 EMU's, one wonders did Keio unwisely scrapped a lot of 3000 and 5000 EMU's when they could have found buyers for them after refurbishment. After all, I believe most of the EMU's on the Ichibata Electric Railway that run west of Matsue are all ex-Keio equipment.

I don't think it's an issue of "unwisely" scrapping rolling stock, just that there isn't that big a market for used rolling stock, especially given that they have a big competitor in Tokyu Techno System, who can offer refurbished 100% all-stainless stock (I don't know if the Keio 3000 series, which is Tokyu-built, was refurbished by Tokyu also, or done by Keio in-house).  Also, I think Tokyu has a bigger network of regional railways that are affiliated with it than Keio.