Product Description

-The 8th volume of the series deals with the popular theme of this series, the railcars of the JNR era, and covers all of the [mail and parcel railcars].
- Published as RM Library Vol.

- The Kihani 5000 series, which can be said to be the first diesel railcar of JNR, was already a passenger car and a cargo car combined, and the next Kihani 36450 series was also a cargo combined car, although the body was larger.
- But this is only [pre-history] in terms of the overall flow and the short period of activity.
- Full-scale development began in the 1950s after the war, in other words, a large number of diesel cars were introduced on routes that were conventionally passenger trains, and the demand for postal and parcel diesel cars increased as an alternative to baggage passenger cars and mail passenger cars.
- Due to its nature, there are many modified cars from passenger cars, especially diesel cars that were born with prototype elements in the early days were useful as seed cars.
- Not only is it a minority from the beginning, but there are also large individual differences from the time of remodeling, and sometimes a scene that fans like, such as a mail and parcel diesel car that retains the old form standing proudly at the head of a long express train. is.

-It has been a popular subject for vehicle fans for a long time, and the materials that can be viewed were long-awaited at the time, and even now, its position as the definitive edition has not declined.
- The author is Mr. Sukeo Chiyomura of the Association of Railway Friends.
- Based on the serialized article in Rail Magazine in the 1980s, it has been reconstructed.
- Since format photos and format drawings are also abundantly recorded, it will definitely be a recommended book for model fans.



Item Size/Weight : 25.7 x 18.3 x 0.6 cm / 325g

Product Specifications

Item series

RM Library

Item code

055111

ISBN code

9784777055111

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