JNR Class ED75

The Class ED75 (ED75形) is a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement AC electric locomotive type operated on passenger and freight services in Japan since 1963.

[1] Locomotive numbers 50 to 100 were equipped for cold regions, and were fitted with icicle cutters above the driving cab windows.

[2] One Class ED75-500 locomotive, number ED75 501 was built experimentally for use on the recently electrified Hakodate Main Line between Otaru and Asahi in Hokkaido.

[1] 34 members of this subclass were converted to become Class ED79 locomotives in 1988 for use on services through the undersea Seikan Tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido.

[4] The livery applied to refurbished locomotives was subsequently simplified to just adding a white stripe along the bottom of the body sides.