--Japanese National Railways Marone 40 Painted Body Base Kit Final Specifications
--Small production products / limited distribution products
――It was used until 1970, and the grade band disappeared, and we will commercialize the last specification with the mark of A sleeper.
-Bogie: Nikko model TR47 or tramway TR40 (supported by replacing the bolster)
--Bolster: Nikko model center pin for metal floorboard, or KS model 953 center pin, or pea # 5903 center pin T with spring
--Underfloor equipment: Echo model old passenger car equipment (example: 735 passenger car underfloor equipment set general type), Fuji model No.1001 deck step
--Coupler: Kadee No. 5 or 58 or 158 or MODELS IMON HO-205
--Indoor equipment: Special products will be supplied from N Koyasha
-It will be a colorful plastic model style package. (Illustration: Admiral Kinoshita)
[Actual vehicle guide]
Sleeping car Marone 40
--In August 1946, the GHQ Third Railroad Command continued to demand that Japan secure transportation vehicles for governance by requisitioning Japanese prewar vehicles, but among them, the division room and pullman type seen in Suironev 38. In this format, a new type of sleeping car was requested, and after the trouble that the order itself was left unattended after the interruption, it appeared as a sleeping car unique to JNR that does not depend on the budget of the occupation army. be.
――It took two years from the start of production to the appearance of the occupying forces, who were once again interested in the workmanship of the production process.
――Initially, it was a first-class car as Maine 40, but it was downgraded to compete with airplanes due to the trend of the times, and it became Marone 40 in 1955.
――It was after 1957 that the division rooms were changed from 3 rooms to 2 rooms to 3 rooms on the way, and the air conditioner was installed and the deck was closed by remodeling the room.
――The most spectacular activity is the express comet from 1958 to 1964 (3 cars of this type, 3 cars of Orone 10 are luxuriously connected).
――It was operated on group trains, Asakaze in front of the Blue Train, Michinoku, etc., and was brilliantly operated until 1970 without falling into the capital.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )