This item is written in Japanese.
- During the early days of Japan's railway electrification, from the end of the Taisho era to the early Showa era, electric locomotives were imported from Western countries as samples of electric railways, and became the foundation for later railway modernization and domestic technology.
- The later versions of the two types of electric locomotives are ED18 and ED19, which are featured in this book.
- Both locomotives were small electric locomotives called ED class (four driving wheels), so as the technology of domestically produced railway vehicles improved, higher output and larger electric locomotives appeared, and the use of main line class locomotives changed. It was removed, and in the mid-1950s it began to operate on many local lines.
- On the other hand, the Iida Line, which was called a moving museum of old national electric trains, is a line that merges four private railway companies, and the section from the former Ina Electric Railway north of Tenryu Gorge has low line standards, and the lines are large and have heavy axle loads. There were restrictions on locomotives entering the line.
- The machines that were able to pass this restriction were the Taisho-born American Denki ED18 and the British Denki ED19. Both machines were placed in Ina Matsushima, the engine depot on the northern part of the Iida Line, like guardians of freight trains on the northern part of the Iida Line. It remained active until the mid-1970s, as if it had been left behind.
- We have plenty of photos of 9 cars of both types when they were in service, and we will take a close look at the details of both types, which are popular in railway models.
- In addition, a color page has been added to the beginning of the book, making it a book that can also be recommended as a photo collection of both aircraft running in the magnificent nature along the Iida Line.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )