12126 ED46 Electric Locomotive (as-built form at HITACHI) Series 181 Nearly one-third of all units

Nearly one-third of all units were sent abroad by the end of World War II and never returned

except in Hokkaido

electric trains

The headlight

180 was completed in August 1946 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as part of the third batch

12126 ED46 Electric Locomotive (as-built form at HITACHI) Series 181 Nearly one-third of all unitsThe ED46 was Japan's first dual power (AC DC) electric locomotive, jointly designed by the National Railways and Hitachi in August 1959. Only one unit was ever built, and its service lasted just 16 years, with only a few years of operation on the mainline. Despite its short lifespan, the ED46 left a lasting impression. This locomotive was created as a prototype to connect the DC and AC sections before the electrification of the Joban Line north of