Railway model HO Gauge 1/80 Taki 43000 Blue [1-816]

※Please note that product information is not in full comprehensive meaning because of the machine translation.
Japanese title: 鉄道模型 HOゲージ 1/80 タキ43000ブルー [1-816]
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Item number: 600000021
Released date: 04 Aug 2018
Maker: Kato
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Product description ※Please note that product information is not in full comprehensive meaning because of the machine translation.

■ Product explanation ■ After the freight transportation reform in February 1984, freight trains are operated by connecting several cars of the same type, such as container trains and tanker trains, unlike black freight cars that had been made into a miscellaneous composition.
The leading role of tanker trains at that time was the Taki 43000. More than 500 cars have been manufactured since its appearance in 1967 (1967), and they are used all over Japan as tank freight cars exclusively for gasoline.
Initially, only cars exclusively for the Japan Oil Terminal were painted blue, but in 1974 (1974), black cars belonging to Nippon Oil Corporation Transportation Co., Ltd. appeared.
After 1990 (1990), new cars belonging to Nippon Oil Corporation Transportation Co., Ltd. (Taki 243666 〜) were painted in emerald green and light gray to change the image.
Also, from 2001 (2001), cars with the ENEOS Mark appeared together with the new type Taki 1000.
* Reserved items are reproduced.
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