──The first and last large refrigerated truck!
[Actual vehicle]
- After the end of the Pacific War, there was a call for the promotion of fisheries in order to improve the food situation, which was becoming increasingly scarce, and efforts were made to strengthen cargo transportation linking fishing ports and major cities.
- The standard Japanese refrigerated vehicle was a two-axle vehicle with a loading capacity of about 12 tons, but 250 vehicles were manufactured at once in 1948 based on instructions from GHQ.
- Reki 1, which is a large bogie-type vehicle with a capacity of 25 tons, is different from the previous model, and can be used by dividing the front and rear cargo compartments, with doors for cargo handling installed on both the left and right sides.
- However, it did not suit the business practice of Japanese seafood distribution, which was based on the transportation of single cars called car handling, and soon it began to be used for other purposes, such as as a substitute for baggage cars, and eventually By 1966, it had been remodeled into the Waki 1 type and disappeared.
- The product was in its heyday in the 1950s, when it was used to transport fresh fish along with regular two-shaft refrigerated cars, and its success can still be remembered in documentary films produced by Japan National Railways.
[Product Summary]
- Further enhancement of the Micro Ace freight car series
- In response to many requests, we commercialized the large bogie refrigerated vehicle [Reki 1] for the first time as a plastic product.
- Appearance from the 1950s with [Japan National Railways] written on the lower side and underframe.
- Based on the materials at the time, the product was produced without the [side brake lever position display label] on the lower part of the gable side.
- Set of 2 cars with different numbers
[set content]
- Reki 122
- Reki 164
[accessories]
- none
[option]
- incompatible
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )