Description
[A limestone transport train towed by a DF50 in double-units on the Tosan Main Line]
A total of 20 Hoki 5200 cars were manufactured by Hitachi between 1958 and 1961. It is a 30-ton open-top hopper car with a unique exterior shape. For self-weight loading, there were two cars with an operating room for opening and closing the gate-type bottom door on the car body by air pressure for each train, and these cars were always included in the train. These were private freight cars owned by Tosa Lime Industry, and were used for limestone transport trains that transported limestone from the Tosa Lime Industry Private Line to the cement factory via Togano and Tanogo on the Tosan Main Line, and transported 100,000 tons of limestone per month by piston transport towing a DF50 in double-units over a distance of approximately 13 km.
◆We will be producing a limestone transport train that was once a famous freight train seen in Shikoku, which ran between Togano and Tanogo on the Tosan Main Line. A 9-car set including a 2-car single set and a car with an operating room will be released. You can enjoy it together with the 7009-4 DF50 Shikoku type, which will be released at the same time. In addition, by collecting two 9-car sets and the 10-2008 DF50 Shikoku type 2-car set, you can recreate a full DF50 double-headed traction formation.
Main Features
① Accurately reproduces the bogie position at both ends of the vehicle, the fully welded body, and the mechanical equipment for opening and closing the bottom door.
② Reproduces the unique form that has no other similar appearance to American-type freight cars, and the fully welded body.
③ Reproduces the Hitachi C-1 bogie that was installed at the time of completion.
④ Reproduces the appearance of the "Rohoki" era with the yellow No. 1 stripe in the paint color.
⑤ Arnold coupler is standard equipment.
⑥ Numbers and body markings are realistically expressed by printing.
⑦ The cargo of the separate part can be removed with a limestone mold. Reproduces both loaded and empty forms.
● Hoki 5200 Limestone Transport Train 9-Car Set
⑧ A set of 9 Hoki 5200 cars inspired by the limestone transport trains that were once seen on the Tosan Main Line. By collecting two sets, you can recreate an 18-car formation just like the real thing.
9. One of the nine cars is the Hoki 5205, which is equipped with an operating room.
10. User-installable parts include marker lights, reflectors that were seen at different times, and replacement knuckle couplers.
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