Product Description
- In order to prevent noise from streetcars, the technology of high-performance American intercity trams (PCC cars) was adapted to Japan, and an attempt was made to manufacture them domestically under license. The Tokyo Metropolitan Tramway Type 5500, No. 5501, was completed in 1954 (Showa 29).
However, due to difficulties in manufacturing the car, and its excessive high performance and high licensing fees that put off its use, the Six Major Cities Silent Train Standardization Study Group was formed, consisting of public railway operators and major manufacturers, and a purely domestically produced silent train, or Japanese PCC car, was introduced mainly in the six major cities mentioned above (Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe).
- Volume 292 follows on from Volume 291's coverage of the six major cities and explains the high-performance rolling stock based on new technologies that have been adopted by private railways around the country.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
This item is written in Japanese.
Item Size/Weight : 25.8 x 18.4 x 0.4 cm / 175g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- 055623
- ISBN code
- 9784777055623
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.