Unit 109 of the Hakone-tozan MoHa2 series and the other two units of classic electric cars
Following the debut of the new Romance Car, EMU 70000 series (GSE), Odakyu Electric Railway group has accelerated their investment in the Hakone resort area to accompany the increase of inbound tourists. On August 1st, Odakyu made a press release announcing that one more sightseeing ship on Lake Ashinoko will be launched in April, 2019.
Currently, Odakyu group has three sightseeing ships on Lake Ashinoko, Hakone Mountain. They are all pirate ship-type boats. The fourth boat will also be pirate ship-type. It was designed by Eiji Mitooka, and will be built in the shipyard of Togendai port on Lake Ashinoko. The name of the new "pirate ship" will be released in February next year.
Incidentally, I am going to show you an electric car on Hakone Mountain, as this is a railway blog. Unit 109 of the MoHa2 series is a classic electric car on the Hakone-tozan Railway. It was originally built by Nippon Sharyo in 1927. The original name of the 109 was electric car number 9 of the ChiKi2 series. The body of this old electric car was, then, replaced by a steel one by Toyo Kouki in 1955. The car number was also changed from 9 to 109 of the electric car MoHa 2 series.
Currently, two units (108 and 109) of the MoHa2 series are still operated on the track. I am anxious about their scrapping, because the new model, electric cars 3000 and 3100 series, were built one after another.
Currently, Odakyu group has three sightseeing ships on Lake Ashinoko, Hakone Mountain. They are all pirate ship-type boats. The fourth boat will also be pirate ship-type. It was designed by Eiji Mitooka, and will be built in the shipyard of Togendai port on Lake Ashinoko. The name of the new "pirate ship" will be released in February next year.
Incidentally, I am going to show you an electric car on Hakone Mountain, as this is a railway blog. Unit 109 of the MoHa2 series is a classic electric car on the Hakone-tozan Railway. It was originally built by Nippon Sharyo in 1927. The original name of the 109 was electric car number 9 of the ChiKi2 series. The body of this old electric car was, then, replaced by a steel one by Toyo Kouki in 1955. The car number was also changed from 9 to 109 of the electric car MoHa 2 series.
Currently, two units (108 and 109) of the MoHa2 series are still operated on the track. I am anxious about their scrapping, because the new model, electric cars 3000 and 3100 series, were built one after another.
Pirate ship-type sightseeing boat on Lake Ashinoko, Hakone Mountain
Official information about the electric car Hakone-tozan MoHa2 series (in Japanese):