Description

During the Showa era, when railway transportation played a leading role in logistics, cargo transportation on railways was carried out by cargo cars connected to passenger trains, but as the volume of transportation increased, dedicated cargo trains were operated. As a result, express cargo trains were also operated on trunk lines such as the Tokaido/Sanyo Main Line and the Tohoku Main Line.
A considerable number of freight coaches that were remodeled from old passenger coaches were arranged, and a wide variety of freight trains composed of steel mail cars, freight passenger cars for pallets, and mail passenger cars were seen.
In 1968, pallet transport began with a new pallet truck that appeared as a trump card for the modernization of cargo transport.
At first glance, the pallet car looks like a freight car, but it was also incorporated into freight trains and express trains and was active all over the country.

-The Suni 41 2000 is a pallet-type cargo passenger car for transporting newspapers, and the 2000 series electric heating equipped car with a small door on the conductor's side is selected as a prototype.

-The body color is blue / silver, and the tail light is lit. 44, 161 cars (2001-2161) were manufactured by Niigata Iron Works and Fuji Heavy Industries by 1983 (Showa 58) to replace the aging Mani 60 and Mani 36 types.

-It is called the completed form of the pallet cargo car