[Actual vehicle guide]
- [Wa 1 type 5490] stored in the Freight Railway Museum (Inabe City, Mie Prefecture) is an 8-ton boxcar manufactured by Niigata Iron Works in 1906 (Meiji 39) and owned by Hokuetsu Railway. After nationalization, during the Taisho period, the capacity was increased to 10 tons. Various parts such as the steel pillars were modified in the early Showa era, and it was used in various places, and was transferred to Omi Railway after the war. The exhibited vehicle was put into storage in 2004 (Heisei 16), and from November 2007 (Heisei 19), museum volunteer staff underwent a one-year restoration work to restore it to its original appearance.
- The product is a model of the steel pillars, wooden side panel structure, and wooden door based on the actual vehicle.
*Title printed
*Inscription included
*Some parts require installation work.
[Product Guide]
- [Wooden Boxcar Wa 5490] stored in the Freight Railway Museum (Inabe City, Mie Prefecture) was an 8-ton boxcar manufactured by Niigata Iron Works in 1906 (Meiji 39) and owned by Hokuetsu Railway.
- After nationalization, during the Taisho period, the car was modified to increase its capacity and became a 10-ton freight car. Various parts of the car body were modified in the early Showa era, and it was used in various places, and was transferred to Omi Railway after the war.
- The exhibited vehicle was put into storage in 2004 (Heisei 16), and from November 2007 (Heisei 19), museum volunteer staff underwent a one-year restoration process to restore it to its original appearance.
- The actual train can be seen on opening days at the Freight Railroad Museum.
- Freight Railway Museum Web:
http://frm.kans.jp - The product is a model of the steel pillars, wooden side panel structure, and wooden door based on the actual vehicle.
*Sales unit is 1 car
*Connection method selection type
*Includes inscription lettering
[Product Specifications]
- Total length: approx. 39-40mm (excluding coupler and buffer)
- Overall width: approx. 17mm
- Total height: approx. 22mm
- Painted finished product (made of plastic)
*5.6mm metal pivot wheel installed
*Some parts require installation work.
[Accessories]
- Coupler installation selection type
・Arnold coupler x 2
・Coupler pocket x 2
・Drawbar hook x 2
・Drawbar x 2
・Dummy knuckle x 2
- Plastic spoke wheels x 2
- 7. Weight x 1 installed
- 8. Inscription letter x 1
*Some accessory parts may not be used depending on selection.
- Confirmed to be modeled at Freight Railway Museum
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )