Let me continue from where I left off my last post.
After observing the last electric car, MoHa 415 of the MoHa 400 series, I moved to the oldest exhibition, MoHa 1 of the MoHa 1 series (that's a confusing name!), in the Sendai Tram Museum. The MoHa 1 series is the first streetcar model in Sendai City. It was launched in 1926 when the Sendai tramway was inaugurated. A total of 30 cars were built by Kawasaki Zosenjo (present Kawasaki Heavy Industries) from 1926 to 1928, but only one car, named MoHa 1 (MoHa 1 of the MoHa 1 series), is preserved in the museum. The MoHa 1 series is a 7.6-meter-long two-wheeled vehicle for 600V DC and 1,067-millimeter-wide gauge track. It has two 18.7 kW DC motors. The electric control system is direct method and the nose-suspension drive is used as its driving system. The MoHa 1 series can accommodate up to 40 passengers.
As its name suggests, MoHa 1 is a top number car of the MoHa 1 series. I was happy to see this precious streetcar in Sendai City. Its maroon-colored tiny body is cute. Specifically, the meshed "cowcatcher" on the front is very unique. As you know, a cowcatcher is the device mounted at the front of a train for removing obstacles on the track. As a matter of fact, the obstacles were not cows in the urban area.
MoHa 1 was retired from the track in 1965 after operating for 39 years.
