Ikawa Line - Ikawasen

…The main line runs from Kanaya on the Tokaido Main Line to Senzu along the Oi River, and was electrified in 1949. The Ikawa Line is a non-electrified line from Senzu to Ikawa, and was built in connection with the power development project of Chubu Electric Power. Efforts have been made to preserve steam locomotives to attract passengers, and in 1976 steam trains were reinstated on the main line using locomotives and passenger cars sold by the Japanese National Railways, and later locomotives from the Japanese National Railways that had returned from Thailand were also added. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…本線は東海道本線の金谷から大井川に沿って千頭（せんず）に至るもので，49年に電化された。井川線は千頭から井川までの非電化線で，中部電力の電源開発に関連して建設された。旅客誘致のため蒸気機関車の保存に努めてきたが，76年には国鉄払下げの機関車と客車を用いて本線に蒸気列車を復活させ，その後タイ国から戻ってきた国鉄の機関車も加わった。…

※「井川線」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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