JNR Class EF63
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The Class EF63 is a class of 1,500 V DC electric locomotives formerly operating in Japan.
A pair of EF63s leading a 489 series EMU on a Hakusan service in June 1997
E43000 is a class based on EF63
EF63 1 preserved at Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park in brown livery
EF63 2 preserved at Karuizawa Station, September 2011
Yokokawa Station
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Yokokawa Station is a railway station in the city of Annaka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
JNR Class EF63
…1962 and 1976 exclusively for use as bankers (U.S. "helpers" or "pushers") on the steeply-graded Usui Pass section of the Shinetsu Main Line between Yokokawa and Karuizawa. They replaced the Class ED42 electric locomotives previously used on the rack-and-pinion line between these two stations. The prototype…
Yokokawa Station in June 2015