Meitetsu 5500 series

The Meitetsu 5500 series was a Japanese city commuter electric multiple unit operated by the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) from April 1959 to January 2005.
==History==
The 5500 series sets were a further improvement of the 5000 and 5200 series sets introduced in 1955 and 1957 respectively, incorporating their general design but with air conditioning installed. A total of 30 cars were produced, all by Nippon Sharyo. Retirements and scrapping commended in 2000 with water damage and replacement by new trains; by 2002 only three sets remained running. All three sets were painted in different liveries representing different periods of the trains's operation. The three sets, 5513, 5515 and 5517, were retired on 28 January 2005, one day before an impending timetable revision and subsequently scrapped. The front end of car 5517 is preserved at Maigi Inspection Yard.
==Design==
The 5500 series cars used a flat front end with three top mounted headlights.
==Specifications==
Construction of the cars was of steel. The sets used resistor-controlled traction systems.
Category:Electric trainsets
Category:Meitetsu trains
Category:Nippon Sharyo locomotives
Category:Built in 1959