1/150 ED42-1 Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park [A3401]

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Product Description - A Living Witness of History! Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park Preservation Cars
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The Shinetsu Main Line between Yokogawa and Karuizawa (Usui Pass) is a section with a steep gradient of 66.7 ‰ (per mil). It was a special system in which a pinion gear (gear) is installed in the center of the car body called the Apt-type, and it meshes with the rack rail in the center of the train track to climb the hill.
The ED42 was manufactured in 1934 as a replacement for the conventional ED40.
In the basic operation, the Apt-type was replaced with three cars on the Yokogawa side and one car on the Karuizawa side, and it was replaced with passenger cars and other vehicles between them.
At the end of the period, the Apt-type was replaced with the Kiha 82 and Kiha 57, but in 1963, the Apt-type was abolished and it was replaced with the successor EF62 and 63 for the 75th anniversary of the electrification of Usui Pass.
In 1987, it was replaced with the successor EF62 and 63 for the 75th anniversary of the electrification of Yokogawa station.
After the retirement, the No. 1 was not dismantled. In 1967, it was designated as a semi-railway monument and it was preserved in the station yard.
In 1998, the Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park was preserved in the station yard.
The beautiful figure can be seen even now in 2025.
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[150 3402 03 Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park