Sapporo Streetcar D1040 series

The Sapporo Streetcar D1040 series is a Japanese diesel-powered streetcar type operated by the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau on the Sapporo Streetcar network from November 1964 to October 1971.
==History==
The D1040 series was a type of streetcar manufactured for the Sapporo Streetcar network. Two cars were manufactured in November 1964 by the Tokyu Car Corporation; this was the last type of diesel-powered streetcar used on the network. The idea for the diesel-powered streetcars was for the streetcar network to be extended to other smaller locales within Sapporo without the need for substations, such as Kotoni. However, the extensions were ultimately never built.
Operation began in November 1964; many railfans call the D1040 series cars the "culmination" of the "Sapporo Style" streetcars due to its extensive use of curved surfaces. With the mass electrification of the line the fleet of diesel-powered streetcars would be no longer be needed and as a result retired; the last cars were retired in October 1971 when a northern branch of the network was electrified, having been unelectrified until that point. Unlike the remaining fleet of diesel-powered streetcars, the D1040 series cars were not rebuilt into electric-powered streetcars after their retirement.
==Design==
The D1040 series cars feature a curvy design. The cars are painted in the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau's corporate colors of a tan body with green accents.
==Specifications==
Construction of the car is of steel. The cars use a Hino DS22 inline-6 prime mover mated to a 2-speed automatic transmission with a torque converter. The engine was sourced from Hino's buses. The cars rode on Tokyu Car's TS-115 bogies.
==Preservation==
D1041 is preserved at the Sapporo City Transportation Museum. It is the only diesel-powered streetcar operated by the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau preserved in any form (none of the other streetcars which the other diesel-powered streetcars were rebuilt into have been preserved).
Category:Light rail vehicles
Category:Streetcars
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