Thursday, July 22, 2010

JNR 14 series sleeping car




JNR of Japan developed the epoch-making sleeping car after the Pacific War in 1958. It is a coach of 20 series sleeper trains. This coach was used by a fixed organization. It contained the power supply of vehicles carrying a diesel generator for exclusive use. Being intermingled with the coach of other forms was not taken into consideration. The body was unified with blue paint and a white belt. These 20 systems were used by limited express Asakaze between Tokyo and Hakata at first. Asakaze means it as a morning wind. It was said to seem like hotel on the move. It was a train after which I will yearn if a postwar Japanese wants to ride at once. The Shinkansen had not yet appeared. Commencement of the Tokaido Shinkansen was in 1964.
However, when the sleeper train was driven in various places in Japan, a problem arose. The separation of the organization of a train was performed by the destination on local routes. However, the organization of the coach of 20 systems had received the power supply from one power supply vehicle.
Separation of the organization of some coaches was difficult. So, a sleeping car was developed which was a sleeping car of 14 series. It was in 1971. It carried the dynamo under the floor of some sleeping cars. It was a sleeping car with a new design. However, 14 series sleeping cars which appeared faced a big problem. The sleeping car of 14 series were not blessed by fate.

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