Item Description

HO Scale/J Scale

Zoukeimura

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries JNR Class DD54 6th Generation Diesel Locomotive

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The JNR Class DD54 6th generation refers to units #35-#37.

J scale refers to the 1:80 scale, 16.5mm gauge model railroad standard, often treated in Japan as the same as HO scale, but recently named J scale.

The JNR Class DD54 is a diesel-hydraulic locomotive operated by the Japanese National Railways from 1966 to December 1978. 

Designed to promote JNR's campaign of a "smokeless railway" to eliminate steam locomotives on the Japanese National Railways as part of their Power Modernization Plan, the DD54s were developed as a type of freight locomotive for use on the Japanese rail network, with a haulage capacity somewhere between the DD51 and DE10 locomotives.

Using data gathered from the test running of the DD91 prototype locomotive built by Mitsubishi in 1962, a total of 40 locomotives were built from 1966 to 1971, also by Mitsubishi. Minor changes were made to the locomotives over the production run. The first three locomotives were placed at Fukuchiyama Rolling Stock Depot and used on the San'in Main Line, pulling express trains and freight trains. By 1971 the entire production run of 40 locomotives was completed, stationed at both Fukuchiyama and Yonago Rolling Stock Depots.

Prone to numerous reliability issues and breakdowns, the DD54s were reviled by engineers; accounts from engineers state that train crews operating DD54s were provided earplugs as their prime movers were so incredibly loud, and others stating that they refused to drive the locomotives knowing that something would go wrong. It was common for inspectors to ride alongside train crews in the DD54s, replacing parts when they failed. The locomotives's continued reliability issues were the death knell for the class, with all withdrawn by 1978, significantly earlier than projected and significantly before JNR's privatization and division; as a result, the locomotives are considered a failure. After their retirement, the National Diet held a question-and-answer session with the JNR regarding their asset management.

DD54 33, located at the Kyoto Railway Museum, is the only preserved DD54. It was initially stored at Fukuchiyama Rolling Stock Depot before moving to the Modern Transportation Museum; when that museum closed in 2014, it was moved to the Kyoto Railway Museum, where it currently resides.

【Item Includes】

・JNR DD54 Diesel Locomotive

・Instructions

・Instant Lettering (White)

・Instant Lettering (Silver)

・Decals

・Etched Parts (Builder's Plates, Markings)

・Detailed Parts (Roof Hooks, Handrails, Wipers, etc.)

【Item Details】

・HO, J/1:80 Scale

・For 16.5mm Gauge Tracks

・Ready to Run

・Light Function

・21 Pin DCC Decoder Compatible

・New in Box w/Original Box

・Grade: C-10 Mint-Brand New

・Year Manufactured: 2012

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