── Pioneer of diesel locomotive for domestic main line! Grape-coloured DD50!
- Japan's first diesel locomotive for the main line is DD50. Three primary models were manufactured in 1953, and a total of six secondary models were manufactured the following year, with improvements and design changes to each part. Equipped with a large diesel engine with an output of 1,050 horsepower.At the time, a transmission capable of transmitting power from a high-output engine and allowing easy overall control of a cascade was under development, so an electric running device was adopted with an emphasis on practicality. it was done. It is characterized by a single cab design because it was assumed that it would be operated in multiple units or more.
- After completion, it was installed in the Tsuruga area of the Hokuriku Main Line, which had a continuous steep slope. Based on the achievements of these six DD50s, the mass-produced DF50 was created, so it can be said that it is a memorable existence as the foundation of domestic diesel locomotives for main lines.
-The first model features a front shape with a rounded front and a micro skirt that can be described as a body hem, and from the time of its completion until the mid-1960s, it was a chic outfit with a grape-colored body color and a stainless steel decorative belt. . -After the opening of the Hokuriku Tunnel in 1962, it turned to the Toyama locomotive depot, and continued to be active mainly in freight trains north of Fukui.
[actual car]
- The DD50 type diesel locomotive is Japan's first trunk line diesel locomotive.
- The power transmission system is an electric type that combines a 1050PS engine and a generator.
-Because it was a single cab and the traction force was insufficient with a single machine, it was mainly operated in a double operation in which two cars were connected back to back.
- 3 primary cars built in 1953.
- Three secondary cars were manufactured in 1954, the following year, and the front was designed with a square front and a skirt was attached, which greatly changed the impression.
- When it first appeared, it was a grape color No. 2 with a white belt, but around 1964, the upper half of the car body was repainted in Vermilion No. 4, and the lower half was repainted in the standard diesel locomotive color of Gray No. 1.
[Product Summary]
- Further enhancement of Micro Ace diesel locomotive series
- 2 locomotives with motors
- turn on headlights
- Grape color No. 2 + paint at the time of appearance of white belt
- Micro Ace's first commercialization of the grape color specification of the first type that stands out with its unique design
-In the latter half of 1962, when the Hokuriku Tunnel was opened, it was transferred to the Toyama locomotive depot.
[Knitting diagram]
DD50-1(M) +
DD50-3(M)( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )