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� British-built No.1 Locomotive (Class 150) on Tokyo-Yokohama Line opened in1872 (Transportation Museum)

� American-built Class 7100 on first Hokkaido Line opened in 1880(Transportation Museum)

� Japanese-built 3-cylinder passenger locomotive Class C53 for Tokaido Lineexpress service (1928) (Transportation Museum)

� Japanese-built standard freight locomotive Class D51 first produced in 1936with more than 1000 units built (Transportation Museum)

� Freight locomotive Class 2120. First built as 2100 by Dubs & Co, Glasgow, butmuch copied by German, American and other British builders around Russo-Japanese War (Transportation Museum)

� British-built passenger locomotive Class 6200 around turn of century(Transportation Museum)

Landmark Locomotives

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� Japanese-built prototype electric freight locomotive Class ED15 (1926)(Transportation Museum)

� German-built first electric Class 10000 Locomotive (EC40) used onRack-and-Pinion Line (1912) (Transportation Museum)

� Evolution of Electric Locomotives

� Evolution of Steam Locomotives

Axlearrangement

1B1

1B

600 500 860 230160150110

1290 1800 1100

31503200

3900 39203950 3980 C10 C11

3100C12

2120 25002400

4100

5000 5100 5230 5300 55005680 6500 6350 6750 6750

66007010 C567030

7100 8150 79507900 8620 C50

6200 6400 6300 6700

4110 E10

8000 8100 85508700880088508900

C529150 9550 9600 C60

C53C59

18900(C51) C54 C55 C57

C58

9000(9040)

9200 9300 9580 C619400

9700 D51 D52D60

D62

D619900(D50)

C62

10, 60B20B

1CC

2B

B1

DE

1D1D1

1C2

2C2

2C

2C1

1C1

1C1C1

C

1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960

2100

6270

Dotted lines represent continuation in terms of series or usage.

DC

191010000(EC40) 10020(ED40)

1000(ED10)1060(ED14),1070(ED15),7000(ED54)

ED56(ED23),ED57(ED24)

8010(EF51) EF52 EF55 EF56 EF57 EF58

EF10,EF11

ED16

EF53

EF12 EF13 EF15, EF16 EF18 EH10

ED60,61

EF60

6000(ED51,52→ED17,18)6010(ED53→ED19)

Assorted types of private railways acquired

10040(ED41) ED42 (Apt system)For the Usui Pass section

Test model for newly electrified Tokaido line → For secondary lines

Commercial model for newly electrified Tokaido line → For secondary linesOld type for passenger trains

Old type for freight trains

Old type for secondary linesNew type for secondary lines

New type for primary lines

New type for grade sections

1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960

1040(ED50→ED17),1030(ED13→ED17),8000(EF50)

1010(ED11),1020(ED12)

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100

150

200

250

300

350

1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940(Fiscal year)

(Million km)

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940

(km)

(Fiscal year)

Japanese Rail Transport Growth Until 1945

Length of network (km)29.029.061.761.7

104.8104.8104.8117.9123.1161.7184.7202.2202.2270.0336.0393.5716.5886.1886.1886.1886.1897.4934.8954.8

1,016.71,065.11,317.21,340.31,528.51,705.11,974.12,164.22,351.92,562.44,977.97,153.27,311.17,442.2

Number of Passengers495,078

1,415,2252,093,5604,238,2432,933,2603,096,7073,477,9044,337,4225,332,3185,758,7346,003,8025,161,2064,100,0382,636,7843,761,4735,919,3838,404,776

11,365,93711,265,38311,787,91312,873,54714,444,32714,883,98618,764,38722,750,74927,922,57731,590,76428,663,68331,944,85632,074,25431,897,04534,008,28628,828,71131,026,96447,895,844

102,426,263124,884,512129,989,706

Freight tonnage

426,422578,340710,340626,762682,103819,415998,122

1,093,9161,034,5911,117,6601,286,3771,583,1251,822,5982,429,7342,851,4652,693,0113,234,6603,548,5043,736,2924,473,9507,770,823

18,693,12724,063,11924,252,108

Train kilometers

4,699,7095,314,5235,691,0595,999,5186,718,4126,970,0667,735,6088,623,019

10,454,83811,483,20112,681,44612,841,78513,567,04515,659,95214,646,20017,236,45630,447,14460,448,72269,882,31868,293,675

Fiscal year18721873187418751876187718781879188018811882188318841885188618871888188918901891189218931894189518961897189818991900190119021903190419051906190719081909

Length of Network

Train Kilometers

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40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940

(Million t)

(Fiscal year)

Russo-Japanese War

World War I

Great Depression

World War II

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940(Fiscal year)

(Million)

Number of Passengers140,519,650153,106,023162,793,852169,967,122168,255,623174,622,363199,626,204248,837,659292,541,353363,367,550411,562,353460,461,514516,315,575583,551,759642,474,630683,987,815742,405,952797,148,762854,668,940870,422,061831,325,163794,979,545789,240,132850,755,138925,103,402999,180,517

1,076,157,9921,179,277,5321,372,549,0351,649,027,9491,918,878,2802,212,525,4202,321,899,0762,695,091,0753,149,233,3303,010,048,275

Fiscal year191019111912191319141915191619171918191919201921192219231924192519261927192819291930193119321933193419351936193719381939194019411942194319441945

Length of network (km)7,838.08,117.78,395.98,807.49,156.39,268.29,428.69,658.59,780.99,990.5

10,436.110,820.911,274.611,804.812,147.812,593.212,863.813,394.113,694.514,151.914,574.915,014.015,372.115,844.516,535.117,138.217,530.117,934.018,178.718,297.518,400.018,495.518,581.419,725.520,056.319,619.8

Train kilometers72,051,30778,424,40086,894,59592,380,62792,342,10695,482,918

103,872,234112,324,067116,409,246131,369,103129,722,251128,649,405135,772,973139,454,895149,896,247152,875,980155,482,913163,894,984171,668,531180,579,722184,248,901188,473,354193,821,542206,951,725225,095,473244,004,137258,837,638272,619,056279,685,996295,798,359306,547,111312,275,314320,066,646326,984,981316,549,943218,628,034

Freight Tonnage

Number of Passengers

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Freight tonnage26,227,31430,211,96133,578,19037,707,23336,604,35137,306,05444,115,02351,056,81555,717,36662,747,16159,339,82060,148,47667,138,39367,828,79673,304,34975,490,23284,900,56189,702,74091,447,71588,188,70573,597,77369,017,51069,692,44780,599,48988,346,33592,001,707

101,253,475111,075,805123,964,955138,534,338153,589,001159,945,774163,635,177184,771,563168,997,112

85,354,083