Choshi Electric Railway 300 series


The Choshi Electric Railway 300 series was an electric multiple unit train type operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, between 1951 and 2008.

Build details

No.Former No.ManufacturerBuild dateWithdrawal date
DeHa 301MoHa 105, later MoHa 115Niigata TekkōAugust 1930October 2009

History

DeHa 301 started life as MoHa 105, an electric multiple unit car built in August 1930 by Niigata Tekkō for the Tsurumi Rinkō Railway in Kanagawa Prefecture. MoHa 105 was renumbered MoHa 115 in May 1941 following the absorption of the Tsurumi Rinkō Railway into the Japanese National Railways network, and later worked on the JNR Toyamako Line in Toyama Prefecture. It was removed from service on 10 September 1944 and placed into storage at Ōi Works in Tokyo, and officially withdrawn on 28 March 1949.
The car was subsequently purchased by the Choshi Electric Railway, and rebuilt by Nippon Tetsudō Jidōsha Kōgyō before entering service on the line from 10 August 1951.
The trolley pole current collector added on transfer to the Choshi Electric Railway was later replaced by a bow collector, and this was replaced by a PS13 lozenge-type pantograph from April 1990.
The original Kisha BW bogies were replaced in 1984 by Nippon Sharyo D-16 bogies from former Iyo Railway rolling stock.
In later years, it was used as an inspection and works train for overhead wire maintenance, with a platform added to the roof.
The car was withdrawn in fiscal 2008 and stored at Tokawa Station before being cut up in October 2009.