Description

ETA: May 2027

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Product description

The Royal Express began operating as a luxury cruise train between Yokohama and Izu in 2017. From 2020 it also travelled in Hokkaido, using diesel haulage and a separate power vehicle on non-electrified routes; from 2024 it began cruises around Shikoku and the Seto Inland Sea. This conversion set supplies the special vehicles needed to adapt the regular eight-car Royal Express set for those journeys.

Model details

• N gauge, three-car conversion set: two cab cars (Kuro 2161 and 2162) and Mani 50 2186 power car.
• Requires Royal Express eight-car set 10-2196 (sold separately); use selected intermediate coaches to make the six-car cruise formation.
• Cab cars have the appropriate modified fronts without skirts.
• Detailed cream-coloured Mani 50 power car, including modified doors, ventilation and roof equipment.
• Rear lights remain illuminated independently of direction; switches provided.
• Replacement roof insulators supplied for the two intermediate cars whose pantographs were removed.
• Compatible couplers and alternative coupler parts included.
• Book-style case also accommodates the selected Royal Express coaches and two locomotives.
• Optional warm-white interior LED lighting: 11-213 or 11-214.