Product Description
──A journey along the Tokaido in a separate compartment! The luxurious Marone 40 sleeper car!
[Actual vehicle introduction]
The Meine 40 was completed in 1948 as the first new sleeping car after the war, with 21 cars.
These were newly manufactured carriages that were converted for general use in response to the requirements of the occupying forces, and featured both private (compartmental) and Pullman-style (open) sleeping berths. They were also equipped with air conditioning, making them the most luxuriously appointed trains in the JNR fleet at the time, while also featuring rational design features such as a steel roof with no tapered ends and two-axle bogies.
Initially, they had access platforms at both ends and debuted as first-class sleeping cars, designated Grape No. 1 and Cream No. 2. After the removal of access platforms on one side, their class being downgraded and their designations being changed, they continued to be used as top-class vehicles, such as on overnight express trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Lines and sleeper express trains to Kyushu, until they were retired at the end of the 1960s.
The product features the grape-colored No. 1 body color and a light blue second-class stripe with the class markings, and is a reproduction of the train's appearance in its heyday, just after it was downgraded to second-class sleeping cars in the mid- to late 1950s, before the introduction of the 20-series sleeping cars.There are records of the train's glorious service, including the Tokaido Main Line overnight express trains Ginga and Suisei, as well as the Kyushu-bound sleeping express trains Asakaze and Hayabusa, and the overnight express trains Kirishima, Chikushi, and Saikai.
[Product contents]
Marone 40-8*This product is an intermediate vehicle that is not equipped with headlights or taillights.
*This product does not include a powered vehicle. A separate locomotive is required for operation.
[Product overview]
Further enhancement of the Micro Ace passenger car series
Variation product based on A8567 (shipped in May 2020)
The luxury sleeping car Marone 40 with compartments, the highlight of the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Line overnight express trains, was produced as a single item.
Appearance in the late 1950s, with a grape-colored No. 1 and a second-class pale blue band.
The car has been recreated to the extent possible to resemble its heyday, including the [II] markings inside the stripe, the affiliation markings on the chassis number, and the inspection markings on the side corners.
The capacity sign is [Number of berths A6 B16], and the flashing light sign is printed next to the capacity sign.
[accessories]
none
[option]
Narrow interior light: G0005/G0006/G0007/G0008
No coupler support
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Item Size/Weight : 19.3 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm / 106g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- A8559
- JAN code
- 4968279112229
Purchase Information
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This item is limited to 1 per household.