Sapporo Streetcar D1030 series

The Sapporo Streetcar D1030 series was a Japanese diesel-powered streetcar type operated by the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau on the Sapporo Streetcar network from September 1963 to October 1971.
==History==
The D1030 series was a type of streetcar manufactured for the Sapporo Streetcar network. Seven cars were manufactured from September to October 1963 by the Tokyu Car Corporation; this made it the most numerous type of diesel-powered streetcar 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 September 1963. 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, some time after electrification of the network was complete on 1 November 1967.
After their retirements, all cars except D1035 and D1036 were dismantled; D1031 through D1034 were rebuilt into A870 series two-car streetcars A871-A872 and A873-A874, using the underfloor electrical equipment of 560 series cars 562 and 563. D1037 was rebuilt with the underfloor electrical equipment of 240 series car 245 which had been damaged beyond repair in an accident to become 720 series car 721. Both A870 series sets operated until April 1972 when they were withdrawn from service following a major derailment while 721 operated until May 1974 when it was retired following the abolition of a significant number of routes on the Sapporo Streetcar network.
==Design==
The D1030 series cars featured a curvy design. The cars were painted in the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau's corporate colors of a tan body with green accents.
==Specifications==
Construction of the car was of steel. The cars used 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-107 bogies.
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