KuMoHa 84 series

KuMoHa 84 series
Consist led by KuMoHa 84001 in April 1992
Technical specifications
Manufacturer(s)	JNR's Hatabu Works
Type of locomotive	Electric multiple unit
Constructed	1988
Number built	3 cars
Dimensions	20,000 mm × Unknown × Unknown
Gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Power supply	Pantograph
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Traction system	Resistor control
Traction system model	CS10
Service information
In service	March 1988 – 23 July 1995
Formation	Single car
Number in service	None
Fleet numbers	KuMoHa 84001 – KuMoHa 84003
Scrapped	1996
Preservation information
Preserved	None
Number scrapped	3 cars

The KuMoHa 84 series was a series of three single-car electric multiple units operated by the West Japan Railway Company from March 1988 to July 1995.

History

The KuMoHa 84 series was conceived as a local train to be used on local services on the Uno Line between Chayamachi and Uno Stations due to their short distance. Three disused KuMoNi 83 series baggage and mail tractor units, numbered KuMoNi 83005, KuMoNi 83026 and KuMoNi 83027, out of service due to timetable revisions abolishing dedicated baggage and mail service, were converted between February and March 1988 at Hatabu Works, entering service in March 1988. The cars were replaced by 123 series cars KuMoHa 123-5 and KuMoHa 123-6 in 1995, which had been transferred from the Hanwa Line; the KuMoHa 84 series cars were withdrawn from regular service on 11 July 1995 before a farewell run was conducted on 23 July 1995. All three cars were scrapped in March 1996.

Design

The KuMoHa 84 series cars generally retained the same basic design as the cars they were converted from.

Specifications

Much of the car's underbody electronics remain the same as the cars they were converted from. These were the only "old performance trains" ever built and operated by any of the Japan Railways Group's seven subsidiaries.