Kato D51, vopsita in varianta ORIENT EXPRESS care a circulat la aniversarea a 30 de ani de la infiintarea Fuji Television. Intre octombrie si decembrie 1988. Un extras din blogul JTMN (Japanese Model Train Newsletter).
New Kato ââ????Orient Expressââ??Â
In December, Kato will release a model of a non-Japanese train that ran in Japan !!!
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fuji Television, between October & December 1988 11 cars from the ââ????Orient Expressââ?? train were shipped to Japan, and the journey of this train from Paris to Hong-Kong in September set a world record for the longest train journey ever made. Together with 2 Japanese passenger cars, the train did 18,000 kms around virtually all of Japan and because of this, you could run this train with virtually any type of Japanese loco, steam (D51-498), diesel (DD51ââ??Â?s) or electric (EF65-1000, EF64-1000, EF81, EF75-700 & EF79, as well as EF58-61 the Imperial loco)
There were 6 sleeping cars, a bar/salon car, 2 dining cars, a baggage car & a crew sleeping car, and these will be released in the following sets ââ??Â?
10-561 ââ??â?? 7 car main set
10-562 ââ??â?? 6 car add-on set
A sideline to this was that in 1988 JR East restored steam loco D51-498 (which is still running today), especially for use with this train, and it usually ran with EF58-61.
Vagoanele am vazut ca au cuple Roco. asa ca Dragos, o sa mearga trase de loco originala de la Trix, sau cine o mai face, daca dai de ea cu inmatricularea Orient Express
Ale mele sant deja pe lista da numai setul 10-562 cu 6 vagoane.