Series 43 Night Local Train “Sanin” 9-Car Set/SUYUNI 50
"San-in" was a local train which traveled 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 accompanied 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 played 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 recommended.
Features
●Series 43 Night Local Train “Sanin” 9-Car Set/SUYUNI 50
・The prototype for the scale model is the cars which belonged to Izumo passener car depot about 1980, while MANI 60 belonged to HAMADA and SUYUNI61, to MIYAHARA depot.
・Body color for MANI 60, SUYUNI 61 is represented by grape color No. 2, the rest is represented by blue No. 15. The roofs are gray.
・On the side of MANI 60 and OHAFU 45 for connection with a locomotive are equipped with truck-mounted Arnold couplers as standard.
・Knuckle couplers are included for exchange.
・Taillights on MANI 60, SUYUNI 61 and OHAFU45 turn on (with turnoff switches)
・The prototype for the model is the train which belonged to Miyahara train depot around 1980.
・Truck mounted Arnold couplers are equipped as standard.
・Taillights turn on (with turnoff switch)