Fugan Railway Class RoKo 1

The Fugan Railway Class RoKo 1 was a Japanese DC electric locomotive operated by the Fugan Railway and later other railway companies from 1937 to October 1972.
==History==
The Class RoKo 1 is an early electric locomotive used in Japan. Operated by the Fugan Railway, the preceding operator of what is now the Toyama Chihō Railway's Toyamakō Line, one locomotive was manufactured by Kinami Sharyō in 1937; Kinami Sharyō was a manufacturer of small locomotives and streetcars based in Osaka, noted by railway enthusiasts as having an excellent design for their time.
Originally used by the Fugan Railway, the railway was merged with the Toyama Electric Railway in 1941; this railway was in turn nationalized in 1943 through wartime acquisitions by the Japanese National Railways. The locomotive was operated with no change in number. The locomotive was withdrawn from service on the JNR in November 1949; as such it was never given an official JNR designation because naming regulations would only take effect in 1952.
The locomotive would be resold to the Tosa Electric Railway (now Tosaden Kōtsū), reclassified as the Class ED1000 and renumbered ED1001; it would enter service on 15 June 1950. The locomotive underwent some modifications in 1956 and in 1960 the locomotive was loaded with iron blocks to act as dead weight to increase tractive effort and power. ED1001 was withdrawn in October 1972 and subsequently scrapped.
==Specifications==
The Class RoKo 1 used a nose suspension drive system. K61003A traction motors were used on the locomotives.
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