Product Description
──A transitional look featuring the grape color No. 2 and blue No. 1 stripes!
[Vehicle Introduction]
The Mine 40 was the first newly built sleeping car after the war, with 21 units completed in 1948.
These trains were newly manufactured and converted for general use based on the demands of the occupying forces. They featured both private compartments and Pullman-style (open-plan) sleeping berths, as well as air conditioning, making them the most luxurious and top-of-the-line trains on the Japanese National Railways at the time. However, they also exhibited rational design features such as a steel plate roof with no tapering at the ends and the adoption of two-axle bogies.
Initially, it debuted as a first-class sleeping car with entrances and exits at both ends, painted in grape color No. 1 and cream color No. 2. After the removal of the entrance and exit on one side, a downgrade in class, and a change in designation, it consistently served as a frontline vehicle on overnight express trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Lines and sleeper limited express trains bound for Kyushu until its retirement in the late 1960s.
The product reproduces the transitional appearance of the train around 1960-1961, when the body color was changed from Grape Color No. 1 to Grape Color No. 2, while the color of the class stripe remained the same light blue as before, and the class lettering [II] was removed.
The band color was later changed to light green.
[Product contents]
Orone 40-19*This set does not include headlights, taillights, or other lighting functions.
*This set does not include a powered locomotive. A separate powered locomotive is required for operation.
[Product overview]
Further expansion of the Micro Ace passenger car series
A variation product based on A8559 (scheduled for shipment in March 2026).
The Marone 40, the luxurious sleeper car with compartmentalized berths that was the highlight of the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Line overnight express trains, will be produced as a single unit.
The train's appearance in 1960-1961 saw a change in body color from grape color No. 1 to grape color No. 2, while the stripe remained light blue.
The depot designation is [Omiha, 22 berths], the numbering is in a single row, and [Second Class Sleeper] is printed above the door.
In addition to the exterior, the distinctive interior, consisting of private compartments and Pullman-style sleeping berths, has been faithfully reproduced based on the actual train.
[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
- A8560
- JAN code
- 4968279112236
Purchase Information
* This product has a cancellation deadline. Once the deadline has passed, cancellations are not accepted.
This item is limited to 24 per household.