JNR Class EF58

Class EF58
Preserved EF58 89 at Omiya Works Open Day, 29 May 2004
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Hitachi, Toshiba, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Tōyō & Kisha Build date 1946–1958
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR 2-C+C-2  • UIC (2′Co)(Co′2) Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Driver dia. 1,250 mm (4 ft 1 in) Length 19,900 mm (65 ft 3 in) Width 2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in) Height 3,947 mm (12 ft 11 in) Loco weight 115 t Electric system/s 1,500 V DC Traction motors DC
Performance figures Maximum speed 100 km/h (60 mph) Power output 1.900 MW (2,550 hp) Tractive effort 10,250kgf (22,601lbf)
Career Operators JNR, JR East, JR Central, JR West Number in class 172

The Class EF58 (EF58形) is a class of Japanese 2-C+C-2 wheel arrangement DC electric locomotives. 172 locomotives were built between 1946 and 1958.

In 1984, 64 out of 172 EF58 locos built were still in service or temporary storage. However, they were withdrawn en masse from Tokaido and Sanyo Main Line freight duties in 1984, and by 1987, immediately prior to privatization of JNR, there were just four members of the class (EF58 61, 89, 122, and 150) remaining in service. Details of the locomotives currently in operational service are as follows.

Owned by JR East and based at Tabata Depot in Tokyo, this locomotive was built in 1953 by Hitachi specially for use as the official Imperial Train locomotive, a role it performs to the present day. While other locos had chrome-plated “whiskers” on the cab ends, this loco was built with stainless steel whiskers extending as a thin band along the body sides. The loco remains in its original brown livery, and is maintained in immaculate condition.　

Owned by JR Central and based at Shizuoka Depot, this loco was built in 1957 by Hitachi. It was repainted in 1992 from the standard blue/cream livery to its current all-over brown for use on special event trains on the Tōkaidō and Iida Lines. This locomotive was cut up at Hamamatsu Works in January 2009.

EF58 36 in June 2004

EF58 89 at the Railway Museum in June 2009

EF58 93 at Omiya Works in May 2008

EF58 150 (left) in the Twilight Plaza zone at the Kyoto Railway Museum in May 2016

The cab end of EF58 154 at Omiya Works in May 2008

EF58 157 in July 2010