Product Description
--Yellow paint joins Chikuho Electric Railway 2000 series
- Chikuho Electric Railway is a railway company of the Nishitetsu Group that runs from Kurosaki, a sub-center of Kitakyushu City, through Nakama City to Nogata City.
- The 2000 series was purchased in 1975 from the Nishitetsu Fukuoka City Line and Nishitetsu Kitakyushu Line, converted into a 3-car articulated train, and began operation as the 2000 series in 1977. Since 2007, each train has been repainted as a "Rainbow Train", with the 2005 train painted yellow. This yellow paint scheme was used until it was scrapped in 2015.
[Actual vehicle guide]
- Chikuho Electric Railway is a railway company affiliated with Nishi-Nippon Railroad that connects Kurosaki in Kitakyushu City and Nogata City.
- The Chikuho Electric Railway 2000 series was formerly a Nishitetsu streetcar, originally a two-articulated carriage that was converted into a three-articulated carriage.
- With the introduction of the successor 5000 series cars, their numbers gradually decreased, and all cars were scrapped in 2023.
- From 2007, each train was repainted as a "Rainbow Train", and the No. 2005 train was painted yellow.
[What is Chikuho Electric Railway?]
- As mentioned above, the Chikuho Electric Railway is a railway line that connects Kurosaki Station in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu City to Chikuho-Nogata in Nogata City, but it was originally planned by Nishi-Nippon Railroad to connect Kurosaki through Chikuho to Hakata, Fukuoka.
- The current section from Kurosaki Station to Chikuho Nogata was fully opened in 1959, but construction could not begin from there to Hakata due to the Yagiyama Pass, so the plan to extend the line to Hakata was abandoned.
- The Kurosaki Station to Kumanishi section was originally part of Nishi-Nippon Railroad's Kitakyushu Main Line, but when the Kitakyushu Main Line was abolished, this section remained and was inherited by Chikuho Electric Railway.
- If the line had been opened from Chikuho Nogata to Hakata... Fukuoka might have had a completely different transportation system.
- Although all carriages on the line are tram-type vehicles, the entire line is legally a "railroad" line.
- The 2000 series was used for a long time, but now the low-floor 3000 and 5000 series have been introduced.
- By using a separately sold power unit and N gauge running parts, it can be run as an N gauge model train.
- We recommend the TM-TR06 power unit (for road-use 3-articulated vehicles).
- 1/150 scale N gauge size painted and assembled open package
- Licensed for commercialization by Chikuho Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
- Recommended age: 15 years and above
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 25.2 x 6.8 x 4.1 cm / 69g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- 326588
- JAN code
- 4543736326588
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 7 per household.