Toden 4000 series

Toden 4000 series
4063 in the 1960s
Technical specifications
Manufacturer(s)	Nippon Sharyo, Shibaura Works
Type of locomotive	Light rail vehicle
Constructed	1925 – 1927
Number built	183 cars
Dimensions	12,300 mm × 2,210 mm × 3,461 mm
Gauge	4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm)
Power supply	600 V DC
Electric system(s)	Bow collector
Traction system	Resistor control
Traction system model	Shibaura RB-200
Service information
In service	1925 – 27 March 1970
Formation	Single car
Number in service	None
Fleet numbers	4001 – 4117 (final numbers)
Refurbished	1949 – 1952
Scrapped	1967 – 1970
Preservation information
Preserved	None
Number scrapped	183 cars

The Toden 4000 series was a Japanese streetcar type operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Tokyo Toden network from 1925 to March 1970.

History

The 4000 series was a series of streetcars manufactured for the Tokyo Toden network; the cars were introduced in 1925 as the first three-doored cars since the 1653 series cars. Divided into the 4000, 4100 and 4200 series, all three classes being largely identical apart from a number of minor manufacturing differences, a total of 183 cars of all types were manufactured.

Many cars were destroyed during World War II. From 1949 to 1952, 117 cars were rebuilt to have steel bodies at Shibaura Works; other cars were rebuilt into other classes of streetcar, such as the 3000 series cars. A number of Ōji Electric Tram Company 120 series cars were also converted into 4000 series cars. In their final years the 4000 series cars operated out of Ōkubo Depot on Route 13, with all being withdrawn on 27 March 1970 with the abolishment of Route 13.

Some cars following their withdrawal were transferred to the Kagoshima City Tram, becoming their 400 series cars between 1950 and 1953. Due to a housing shortage, thirteen cars were used as temporary lodging for metropolitan teachers in the Edogawa precinct in Tokyo in 1959.

No 4000 series cars have been preserved.

Design

The 4000 series cars were originally manufactured of wood. When rebuilt with steel bodies, they had a body style similar to that of the 6000 series cars manufactured around the same time. They are painted in the same livery of yellow with red accents.

Specifications

Construction was of steel. Electrical systems for the streetcars were manufactured by Shibaura Seisakushō.

Preservation

The following 4000 series cars were preserved in the past but have since been scrapped:

Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Date retired	Last location	Notes
4029	Nippon Sharyo	1925	March 1970	Tateshina Highlands, Tateshina, Nagano, Japan	Body only, located in welfare facility; removed and scrapped at unknown date
4032
4033