JR Freight Class EH500

The JR Freight Class EH500 is a semi-permanently-coupled dual-voltage electric locomotive operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company since 1997. 
== Operations ==
Built at the Toshiba factory in Fuchu, Tokyo, 82 examples of the EH500 Class are in service as of 2017 (prototype EH500-901 and EH500-1 to EH500-81). Originally based out of Sendai depot for operation on long-distance container trains between Tokyo and Hokkaido via the Tohoku Main Line, they served as replacements for the aging EF65, ED76 and ED79 AC and DC electrics. 
In 2004, EH500-25 and EH500-27 of the 3rd production batch were briefly loaned by JR Freight to Moji depot in Kitakyushu for a number of experimental trials, where a number of the class were later transferred from 2007 onward for use on 1,300-ton freight trains between Honshu and Kyushu, displacing the elder ED76 and EF81 dual-voltage electrics. 
== Classification ==
* E: Electric locomotive 
* H: Eight driving axles (Bo'Bo' + Bo'Bo') 
* 500: AC / DC locomotive (1,500 V & 20 kV) with AC motors
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