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The Renfe Class 251 is a class of electric locomotives operated by Renfe in Spain. They are aesthetically and conceptually based on the JNR Class EF66 operated in Japan, but they have many differences in mechanical design and power output, as well as manufacturers. [1]
The locomotives have a B-B-B wheel arrangement, [2] and are equipped with monomotor bogies, which have switchable gear ratios. [1] Their maximum axle load is 23 tonnes. [3]
The locomotives were introduced in 1982. A total of 30 locomotives have been built. [1] They are mainly used on freight services. [3]
Japan Freight Railway Company, or JR Freight, is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group. It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station.
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The Class EF60 (EF60形) was the first Japanese second-generation DC electric locomotive type with six driven axles, and the first versions used the same MT49 390 kW traction motors as the ED60 and ED61 designs. A total of 143 locomotives were built between 1960 and 1964 by Kawasaki, Tōshiba, Tōyō & Kisha Seizō, and Mitsubishi. The class was split between 129 freight locomotives designed to supersede the mammoth EH10s on Tōkaidō and Sanyō Main Line freight, and 14 passenger locomotives (EF60-500) to replace EF58s on sleeping car trains on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Mainlines.
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