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The 14 Series passenger coaches were introduced in 1972, offering limited-express style accommodation with simple reclining seats and heat-absorbing glass in the passenger windows. They worked widely on special limited express services, group trains and express trains across Honshu and Kyushu.

This Suhafu 14 brake coach is suitable for JNR-era 14 Series passenger formations from around 1978-1980. It can be used with matching 14 Series coaches and JNR locomotives such as ED75 0 late type and EF65 1000 early type.

Features

• JNR-era 14 Series brake coach from around 1978-1980.
• Blue body with two white stripes, including white striping on the side passenger doors.
• Silver front hood frame at the brake/emergency-room end.
• Parts included to recreate a removable front hood.
• Grey H-rubber window seals reproduced where appropriate.
• Underfloor equipment, including sewage-treatment equipment at the car end, reproduced.
• Snap-on bogies used.
• Taillights light up at the brake/emergency-room end, with switch to turn them off.
• Arnold coupler fitted at the brake/emergency-room end.
• Replacement knuckle coupler and replacement body-mounted close coupler included.
• Intermediate couplings use body-mounted close couplers.
• Convertible nickname display: Express, Tsubasa, Odoriko illustration and plain.
• Side displays are plain white.
• Sticker sheet included with destination displays and signs.