Description

Due in the UK Spring 2025. Price may be subject to currency fluctuations - you have the right to cancel if it changes more than £5 in either direction.

Important

This item uses Train Trax's website pre-order function. For simplicity of processing, each product will need to be placed on a separate pre-order as they will probably arrive at different times. If more than one pre-order does arrive at a similar time then it will be possible to combine shipping charges.

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You may see the item marked in stock on my website, this merely indicates I have pre-ordered sufficient stock to fulfil your order.

Non UK Customers: UK VAT will be automatically deducted from your invoice, you will however be liable for any taxes in your country.

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The Yo 5000 was used as a brake van for the container express 'Takara' from 1959. It developed from the Yo 3500 brake van, with running gear modified to two-stage link suspension so it could run at up to 85 km/h. Later, newly built Yo 5000 vehicles were added, and the type was used nationwide as a conductor's brake van for freight trains.

Features

• HO model of the Yo 5000 brake van.
• Suitable for JNR and early JR freight train formations.
• Exterior rivets and white handrails reproduced.
• Bogie area reproduced with three-dimensional detail.
• Spoke wheels fitted.
• Car numbers and affiliation markings selectable using the included realistic lettering sheet.
• Other car markings reproduced by printing.
• Tail lights fitted.
• Equipped with HO KATO knuckle couplers with coupling function, reproducing the appearance of the prototype couplers.