kato 8065, yo8000, brake van, n scale, NIB, ships from USA For Sale

the 2 axle freight wagon was the fundamental rolling stock of the JNR freight service from the 1920s through the 1980s......even after the devastation of WWll, 40000+ of the ubiquitous carriers were constructed and remained in service until the containerization revolution forced obsolescence.......fundamentally, most of these wagons had a maximum operating speed of 75 kph while carrying a maximum load of 15 tons.......every major JNR fabrication partner participated in the post WWll rebuild - kawasaki, nippon sharyo, mitsubishi, hitachi.......the yo8000 was a brake van design produced by nippon sharyo, kawasaki, mitsubishi, and fuji bewtween 1974 and 1979...........1170 wagons were constructedwith a top operating speed of 85 kph........obsolescence coincided with the containerization revolution of the mid 1980s......
the model features led tail lights at both ends.......