Kurobe Gorge Railway / 黒部峡谷鉄道
Originally a railway for material transportation for the development of the Kurobe River power supply by Nippon Electric Power Co., Ltd., Japan Electric Power Co., Ltd., once it handled passengers for convenience, and there was a notice that life tickets were not guaranteed.
In Japan, a trolley train (official nicknamed "trolley train") is operated on a railway line with a special narrow gauge with a 762mm gauge. Therefore, the vehicle dimensions are small, the main locomotive EDM / EHR type is 6900mm in length, 1662mm in width, 2730mm in height, usually called B type, 56 type 1000 passenger cars with a total length of 7060mm and 1660mm in width The height is 2250mm. Locomotives are usually operated in a two-car train.
For these reasons, passenger trains are still operated by electric locomotive tow trains.