2,800 mm (9 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (ED79-0/100) 2,800 mm (9 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (ED79-50)
Loco weight
68.0 t (66.9 long tons; 75.0 short tons) (ED79-0/100) 67.8 t (66.7 long tons; 74.7 short tons) (ED79-50)
Electric system/s
20 kV AC at 50 Hz overhead wire
Current pickup(s)
Pantograph
Traction motors
MT52C x 4
MU working
Within Class Only
Loco brake
Air and Electrical regenerative
Train brakes
Air
Safety systems
ATC ATS-SF
Performance figures
Maximum speed
110 km/h (70 mph)
Power output
1,900 kW (2,500 hp)
Career
Operators
JR Freight, JR Hokkaido
Number in class
0
Delivered
1986
Preserved
0
Disposition
All withdrawn and scrapped
The Class ED79 (ED79形) was a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement AC electric locomotive type operated on passenger and freight services in the north of Japan from 1986, originally by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) until 2016.[1]
^ JR全車輛ハンドブック'92 [JR Rolling Stock Handbook 1992]. Japan: Neko Publishing. 1992. pp. 41–42.
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