Kato (Japan) - N Scale - SUYUNI 50 Passenger Car - Blue (SKU 3811-5141)
Available On: June 1, 2024
● Series 43 Night Local Train “Sanin” 9-Car Set/SUYUNI 50
"San-in" was a local train which travelled 386.2 km between Kyoto and Izumo city at night. It had sleeping cars with bunk beds connected although it was a local passenger train. The train consisted of baggage car, mail car, Series 43 coaches and was towed by locomotive DD51. Depending on the operational areas, the train had various characters such as the last train of the day, commuter train for wage earners and students, local trains. It also playd a role of carrying mails and parcels, supporting the movement of people and commodities along san-in mainline.
SUYUNI 500s is mail/baggage cars, made wholly of steel. They were used in the local night train "San-in" in 1980 or later. As a locomotive to pull the train, DD510 for warm regions, DD51 Late Stage for warm regions, EF58 Late Stage with small rubber-framed windows are recommendable.
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