[Limited Edition] J.N.R. DD50 Second Edition Double Engine Set, Vermillion (2-Car Set) (Pre-colored Completed) (Model Train) - HobbySearch Model Train N Store

This item is limited to 12 per household.

*Package is damaged but there is no problem on the item itself.
*Due to low product stock, there is a possibility of stock shortage.

[About DD50 (secondary type)]
- After World War II, with the aim of modernizing the sub-trunk line by diesel, in 1953, an electric type that runs by generating electricity with a diesel engine, manufactured by Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, equipped with an engine from the Swiss company Sulzer. Diesel locomotive is DD50 type.
- Initially, only 3 cars were manufactured as the primary type, and the 3 cars that were manufactured as the secondary type in 1954 were 100 mm longer in length, the roof was lower only at the top, and the skirt was painted in Shonan orange. , There was no problem in terms of performance, but there were disadvantages such as high new production costs and heavy axle loads, so only 6 cars were manufactured.
- It is a box-shaped one-side cab type, and it can be self-propelled even with one car, but it was usually used in a back-to-back double train. There was also a primary type and a secondary type. At the beginning of the new production, I was assigned to the Tsuruga locomotive depot, and overcame difficult spots on the Hokuriku Line, pulling 1000 tons of cargo with DD50 double train + D51 + freight car + D51. At the end of the 30's of the Showa era, the painting was also repainted in modern vermilion and gray. It was also the driving force of the express train "Nihonkai" at that time, but later it was driven by electrification, and after passing through the Hokuriku Main Line Toyama locomotive depot, from 1968 it worked as an AC/DC connection between Maibara and Tamura. is famous. In 1977, the entire machine was scrapped.

- N gauge 1/150 scale
- Painted finished product
- 2 car set
*1 car is a T car.

Item Size/Weight : 15.7 x 10.6 x 4.3 cm / 178g