Product Description
--Get rid of the wooden passenger cars! Steel-bodied baggage cars, Mani 60!
[Vehicle Introduction]
By the 1950s, when transportation was somehow being kept going despite the exhausted infrastructure and rolling stock during the chaotic post-war period, a large number of wooden passenger cars manufactured during the Taisho era remained in service.
During overcrowded transport, accidents involving damage to the train cars frequently occurred, and in the event of a derailment or collision, the cars would be shattered, resulting in greater damage. As the situation worsened, and GHQ policy prohibited the construction of new train cars, a plan was devised as a last resort to mass-produce steel passenger cars in a short period of time under the guise of "converting wooden passenger cars."
Furthermore, by expanding the 17-meter-long wooden passenger cars to 20-meter-long cars, transport capacity was also improved, and the steel-bodied passenger cars based on this plan were organized into the 60-series.
Initially, modifications focused on passenger cars, but in 1953, when the situation began to improve, the Mani 60 baggage car was introduced, bringing about a qualitative improvement in baggage cars, many of which were still classic wooden cars.
The Mani 60 has various variations due to differences in the year of modification and lot number, as well as the incorporation of modified cars from other series in later years.
The product is based on a group of modified cars for Honshu that had their window arrangement partially changed, specifically the appearance before some of the baggage compartment windows were filled in. It is a model of car number 405, which was modified by Yusoki Kogyo in 1953 and operated at the Oku Passenger Car Depot, and is based on its appearance immediately after the modification was completed.
[Product contents]
Mani 60-405*This product does not include a powered locomotive. A separate locomotive or similar is required for operation.
[Product overview]
Further expansion of the Micro Ace passenger car series
A variation product based on the [Mani 60] included in A8562 (shipped October 2015).
The Mani 60, a state-of-the-art baggage car at the time, was produced as a standalone unit, with a steel body replacing the various wooden passenger cars.
It can be used for a variety of purposes, including long-distance express trains, semi-express trains, and local trains.
Tail lights only on the conductor's compartment side, with an on/off switch.
Initially, after being converted to a steel body, it had the appearance of the 1950s, painted in grape color No. 1 with the old body markings.
The markings below the conductor's compartment window and the affiliation markings above the number [東オク] are printed in accordance with the era.
The weight unit for a load of 14 tons is marked with [瓲], and a mark indicating a simultaneous flashing device is printed next to it.
The inspection marking printed on the side edge reads "[28-10 Transportation Machinery Industry]".
*Due to the sharing of parts, some parts may differ from the actual vehicle.
[accessories]
none
[option]
Narrow interior light: (G0005/G0006/G0007/G0008)
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Product Specifications
- Item code
- A8550
- JAN code
- 4968279112120
Purchase Information
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* This product has a cancellation deadline. Once the deadline has passed, cancellations are not accepted.
This item is limited to 1 per household.