kato 5242 suuni61 postal/baggage wagon, NIB, n scale, ships from USA

Description: the JNR series60 passenger wagon group was a variety of JNR steel sided, round roofed passenger cars produced in the late 1940s and early 1950s by modifying existing wooden sided passenger vehicles........the stimulus for jnr"s conversion of these older designs was a horrific train wreck with 200+ fatalities in 1947 whose causality total was partially attributed to outmoded, wooden sided wagon designs....the transformation was accomplished by the entire spectrum of JNR manufacturing partners and in house manufacturing plants............the reconfigured wagons retained 20 meters long and 2.9 meters wide footprint......the suuni61 specifically was a combination postal/baggage wagon modified from ohani61 cars; 90 were transformed between 1965 and 1968 capable of carrying a load of 5 tons postal material and 5 tons of baggage.,,,, i acquired this passenger wagon as part of a 3 piece purchase from a small reseller in japan who specializes in collection items - models which have seen no usage.....this wagon arrived in "as advertised" condition - pristine..... there are no accessories for this model.......the 5242 features functioning tail lights at the baggage storage end only.............

Price: 28.61 USD

Location: Aurora, Illinois

End Time: 2024-02-07T00:48:15.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6 USD