EF510-509 transferred to Toyama Locomotive Depot

[miyakoji]

EF510-509 has been transferred from JR East's Tabata Depot to JR Freight's Toyama Locomotive Depot.  -509 is one of the two EF510-500s, along with -510, in the Casseiopia livery.

 

It doesn't look like English or Japanese Wikipedia is updated yet, does anyone know if JR East has sold this one to JR Freight?  I'm still a bit surprised that JRE bought all of those locomotives only to sell them on just a few years later.  Or was that the plan to begin with?  I'm just not sure what their reason would be for subsidizing JR Freight's fleet.  It will be the tenth EF510-500 transfered if that's the case.  I think -509 and -510 are two of the sharpest looking electric locomotives ever built.

 

http://railf.jp/news/2015/01/19/170000.html

[bikkuri bahn]

The scuttlebutt is this unit has a major repair issue, and had to be transported to Toyoma for an examination, as JR East didn't have the means to do it on their own.

[miyakoji]

JR East didn't have the means to do it on their own.

 

o_0

 

wow

[spacecadet]

As far as I know the Cassiopeia only has 2 of these in dedicated livery - is one enough to run with until the train is discontinued in 2016? What do they do for spares?

[miyakoji]

They can just use the ones in blue livery.  Of the 15 purchased, 9 have been sold to JR Freight.

[Davo Dentetsu]

Feels a bit more tragic than when the JRW limited expresses finished.  At least their locos served a decent amount of time in service.

[spacecadet]

Well, I already have a blue JRF EF510 on my layout pulling my cleaning cars :)

 

Does seem too nice of a locomotive to be pulling freight, though.

[katoftw]

With or without the flying star?

[miyakoji]

The last two EF510-500s with JR East, -509 and -510 in Cassiopeia livery, have been transferred to JR Freight.

 

http://railf.jp/news/2016/04/01/150000.html

 

 

[miyakoji]

EF510-509 is moved around Suita depot.  No more shooting star decal, stripes behind headlights, or JR East marking.

 

[bnicolas1987]

With this only grey design, this loco seems sad don't you think?

[katoftw]

Getting ready for the paint shop.