RM Library No.257 Series 155 159 School Excursion Train (Book) - HobbySearch Hobby Magazine Store

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This item is written in Japanese.

--The school excursion that was canceled in the middle of the war when the Pacific War intensified was revived in earnest from the 1950s (mid-1950s) when the postwar turmoil began to calm down, but with Kanto, which is the main route for school excursions. The Tokaido Main Line, which connects the Kansai region, has insufficient line capacity and is concentrated in the spring and autumn seasons when there are many passengers. Therefore, the temporary trains set up for school excursions are extremely congested, and there is an urgent need to improve transportation.
――Therefore, it was decided to set a travel schedule for each school and carry out planned transportation, and in 1959, the 155 series for school excursions for the Tokyo / Keihanshin area, and in 1961, the 159 series for the Chukyo area operated. It started.
――The body equipment of the school trip train, which has been carefully considered so that the students can enjoy the trip, and the bright external colors painted in yellow and vermilion will have a great impact on the medium- and long-distance trains that will be born later. Gave.
――Since 1971, both trains have been converted to ordinary express trains due to the shift to the Shinkansen for school excursions, and all of them were scrapped in the early 1980s. Introduce in detail with drawings and photographs.

Item Size/Weight : 25.7 x 18.3 x 0.3 cm / 173g