bikkuri bahn Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) 113 series C10 trainset, fresh from an overhaul at Suita Depot and sporting a proper fresh coat of shonaniro paint, at Ogotoonsen Station in Shiga. This is one of the few (or only?) 113 series in shonan colors in the nation. The headmark is for the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Kosei Line. Edited July 27, 2014 by bikkuri bahn 3 Link to comment
Sacto1985 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 The Shōnan livery is one of the really nice looking liveries for a train in Japan. I'd love to see JR East paint an E233-3000 Series EMU trainset in the full Shōnan livery colors like they did on the 113/115 Series EMU's running between Tokyo and Atami. 1 Link to comment
miyakoji Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Nice to see that the solid color policy doesn't apply to everything. The school bus effect has reached the 123s in Nagato: http://rail-uploader.khz-net.com/index.php?id=20628 . Link to comment
kvp Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 The school bus effect has reached the 123s in Nagato I'm rather surprised that they are still in use, considering they were planned to be withdrawn in 2013. However it's also good to see that some 113 series trains are still running and even in JNR colors. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 The Shōnan livery is one of the really nice looking liveries for a train in Japan. I'd love to see JR East paint an E233-3000 Series EMU trainset in the full Shōnan livery colors like they did on the 113/115 Series EMU's running between Tokyo and Atami. Ditto that! It would be nice to see one! Strange is it just me, or the 113 actually sounded like a DMU in the video? Link to comment
kvp Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Strange is it just me, or the 113 actually sounded like a DMU in the video? No, that's just the sound of a beat up air compressor. As far as i could hear it, only one of them was working and had to supply the whole train. Once the tanks are full it turns off and and when the train is moving you only hear the sound of the traction motors. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 No, that's just the sound of a beat up air compressor. As far as i could hear it, only one of them was working and had to supply the whole train. Once the tanks are full it turns off and and when the train is moving you only hear the sound of the traction motors. Thanks! I just thought why an EMU would suddenly sound so loud and much like a diesel engine! Link to comment
bikkuri bahn Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 No, that's just the sound of a beat up air compressor. As far as i could hear it, only one of them was working and had to supply the whole train. Once the tanks are full it turns off and and when the train is moving you only hear the sound of the traction motors. Actually, both compressors are working (especially given this unit is just out of overhaul)- in a four unit trainset like this, there is an air compressor in the lead kuha 111 and adjoining moha 112 unit- the type is the MH80 C1000 (the 1000 designates the output of the unit, in this case, 1000L per minute). A video of the MH80 C1000 on a 113 unit in Chiba a few years back: 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Actually, both compressors are working (especially given this unit is just out of overhaul)- in a four unit trainset like this, there is an air compressor in the lead kuha 111 and adjoining moha 112 unit- the type is the MH80 C1000 (the 1000 designates the output of the unit, in this case, 1000L per minute). A video of the MH80 C1000 on a 113 unit in Chiba a few years back: Oh wow! How do you guys even know that! That's what's amazing about this forum, the amount of information is just bountiful! Link to comment
Sacto1985 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Gawd, that air compressor is awfully loud. How come I never hear things like this on a modern EMU like the JR East E231/E233 or the JR West 223/225 EMU's? (By the way, in the original posted video, you can hear the air compressors running on the lead KuHa 111 unit and on the MoHa 112 unit right behind it.) Edited July 30, 2014 by Sacto1985 Link to comment
kvp Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 How come I never hear things like this on a modern EMU like the JR East E231/E233 or the JR West 223/225 EMU's? Because of improvements in the technology. A ceramic lined compressor is much quieter, not to mention the new pistonless variants. Of course, modern trains don't even use that much air nowdays. Regenerative motor braking to a stop is usually possible and with electromechanic doors, they don't really use any air for a station stop, so if a train does have air brakes, it doesn't have to use them as much in normal situations. On the other hand, the compressor in the e231 looks like a conventional one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JR_East_E231_Air_Compressor.jpg Anyone knows if there is a sound recording from this type? Link to comment
Guest keio6000 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) 113 series C10 trainset, fresh from an overhaul at Suita Depot and sporting a proper fresh coat of shonaniro paint, at Ogotoonsen Station in Shiga. This is one of the few (or only?) 113 series in shonan colors in the nation. The headmark is for the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Kosei Line. Absolutely beautiful. The Shonan 113 really deserves to be thought of as a "top 10" in Japanese train designs. The colors are right. The shape is right. The feel is right. The aesthetic is right. Edited July 31, 2014 by keio6000 1 Link to comment
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