181 series

Japanese train type the 181 series diesel multiple unit trains KiHa 181 series August 2016 151/161/181 series 181 toki.jpg 300px A JNR 181 series train on a Toki service in 1982 Electric multiple unit 1958–1982 Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Toshiba 1958–1963 1 November 1958 1986 JNR Steel Cab cars: 21,250 mm ftin Intermediate cars: 20,500 mm ftin 2,946 mm ftin 1 or 2 per side 110 km/h mph on 163 km/h mph on (Record speed for a narrow gauge train in Japan for 151 series) Resistor control MT46 (151 & 161 series)MT54 (181 series) 100kW (MT46)120kW (MT54) 22:77 1,500 V DC overhead catenary DT23, TR58 1067mm on 1959 2nd The 181 series 181系 (and the earlier 151 and 161 series variants) was a Japanese limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) type operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). Variants 151 series 161 series 181 series The 151 series trains were introduced in 1958 on Kodama limited services on the Tokaido Main Line.ja: 国鉄&JR保存車大全2015-2016 JNR & JR Preserved Rolling Stock Complete Guide 2015-2016 Sasada Masahiro Ikaros Publications Ltd. 25 November 2014 Tokyo, Japan Japanese 43, 123 978-4863209282 国鉄&jr 保存車大全 2015-2016 161 series trains were introduced in 1959 on Toki limited services on the Joetsu Line. All 151 and 161 series cars were subsequently modified to become 181 series alongside newly built 181 series cars. Preserved examples KuHa 181 1: Preserved outside the Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Kobe, and restored in November 2016 to its original style and numbering as "KuHa 26001" http://railf.jp/news/2016/11/14/150000.html ja: クハ181−1の外観が補修され「クハ26001」に復元される KuHa 181-1 externally restored for KuHa 26001 14 November 2016 Japan Railfan Magazine Online Koyusha Co., Ltd. Japan Japanese https://web.archive.org/web/20161115082806/http://railf.jp/news/2016/11/14/150000.html 15 November 2016 live 15 November 2016 KuHa 181 45: Preserved at the Railway Museum in Saitama Prefecture References Further reading JNR 151 JNR 181 Sato Hiroshi ja: 151系（モハ20系）電車 車両のあゆみ History of the 151 series (MoHa 20 series) EMU trains The Railway Pictorial 55 765 10–32 Denkisha Kenkyukai Japan Japanese September 2005 Sato Hiroshi ja: 161系・181系電車 車両のあゆみ History of the 161 and 181 series EMU trains The Railway Pictorial 55 766 10–32 Denkisha Kenkyukai Japan Japanese October 2005 Category:Train-related introductions in 1958 Category:Electric multiple units of Japan Category:Kawasaki multiple units Category:Kinki Sharyo multiple units Category:Toshiba multiple units Category:1500 V DC multiple units of Japan Category:Raised cab multiple units Category:Japanese National Railways Category:1958 establishments in Japan