The Sapporo Streetcar A850 series was a Japanese connected streetcar type operated by the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau on the Sapporo Streetcar network from June 1965 to May 1974.
History[]
The A850 series cars was a series of connected streetcars manufactured for the Sapporo Streetcar network. A total of five two-car sets were manufactured in June 1965 by the Sapporo Sogo Kōgyō Cooperative, a cooperative of a number of minor rolling stock manufacturing companies based in Sapporo. using equipment from retired streetcars; these were the last trains produced by the cooperative before its dissolution.
Operation began in June 1965. The sets were retired in May 1974 with the abolition of a significant number of routes on the Sapporo Streetcar network. No A850 series cars have been preserved.
Design[]
The A850 series cars featured a boxy design. The cars were painted in the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau's corporate colors of a tan body with green accents.
Specifications[]
Construction of the cars was of steel. The cars used a nose suspension drive system and rode on Sumitomo KS-40 or FS-71 bogies.
The sets reused many parts from scrapped streetcars; the bodies were sourced from 570 and 580 series streetcars. The electronics were manufactured from new.
Preservation[]
The following A850 series cars were preserved in the past but have since been scrapped:
| Number | Manufacturer | Date manufactured | Date retired | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A851 | Sapporo Sogo Kōgyō Cooperative | June 1965 | May 1974 | Sapporo Transportation Museum, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Scrapped 1983 to free up exhibition space |
| A852 |
| Sapporo Streetcar rolling stock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Manufactured outside Hokkaido | 1100 • A1200 • 3300 • 8500 • 8510 • 8520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufactured in Hokkaido | 210 • 220 • 240 • 250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-revenue | Yuki 1 • Yuki 10 (gen 2) • Yuki 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Withdrawn | Two-axled, wooden body | 10 • 40 • 100 • 110 • 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Two-axled, semi-steel body | 130 • 150 • 170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bogied, manufactured outside Hokkaido | 320 • 330 • 500 • 550 • 560 • 570 • 580 • 600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bogied, manufactured in Hokkaido | 200 • 230 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diesel-powered | D1000 • D1010 • D1020 • D1030 • D1040 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt from diesel-powered streetcars | 700 • 710 • 720 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Master-Slave | M100 • Tc1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Articulated | A800 • A810 • A820 • A830 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Two-car | A850 • A870 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-revenue | Yuki 10 (gen 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||