Fuji Minobu Railway Class 210

Fuji Minobu Class 210
JNR ED21 3 (ex-Fuji Minobu 212) in August 1970
Technical specifications
Manufacturer(s)	Hitachi
Constructed	1928
Number built	3
Classification	B-B
Dimensions	12,528 mm × 2,740 mm × 3,975 mm
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Current collector	Pantograph
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Traction system	Resistor control
Service information
In service	June 1928 – 1973
Number in service	None
Fleet numbers	210 – 212, later ED21 1 – ED21 3
Scrapped	1959, 1973
Preservation information
Preserved	None
Number scrapped	3

The Fuji Minobu Class 210 was a Japanese DC electric locomotive operated by the Fuji Minobu Railway and later the Japanese National Railways from June 1928 to 1973.

History

The Class 210 was an early electric locomotive used in Japan. Five locomotives were manufactured in June 1928 by Hitachi for the Fuji Minobu Railway; these entered service the same year. These were mainly used to pull freight trains and were numbered 210 through 212.

With the Fuji Minobu Railway's nationalization on 1 May 1941, the locomotives were acquired by the Japanese National Railways, reclassified as the JNR Class ED21 and renumbered ED21 1 through ED21 3. On the JNR, they were used on the Iida and Ōito Lines. ED21 2 would be loaned to the Sangi Railway to transport construction materials for the Kurobe Dam. ED21 1 was scrapped in 1959, while ED21 2 and 3 were withdrawn in 1973.

No ED21s have been preserved.

Specifications

The Class 210 used a nose suspension drive system. MT37 traction motors were used on the locomotives. Regenerative braking was fitted on the locomotives.

Fuji Minobu Railway motive power
Steam locomotive	1 • 10
Electric locomotive	200 • 210