The Last Moment Kiha 40 and JNR Diesel Car NEKO MOOK 3915 Japanese BOOK

2023/3/2

This year marks the 36th anniversary of the shift from JNR to JR. Diesel cars, which have been active mainly in non-electrified sections since the JNR era, are finally coming to an end.
This book will be delivered as a "summary" that can be sent out now about these JNR-type diesel cars that have been introduced in large-scale articles in Rail Magazine from time to time.
The center is the Kiha 40 series that spread nationwide from Hokkaido to Shikoku and Kyushu. Although he has already retired from JR East and JR Tokai, he is still active in various places as the face of local lines.
In addition to these, we will discuss the recently retired Kiha 66/67 and these JNR-type diesel cars that have been transferred to private railways.

◎ Main new articles
・Reader's Masterpiece Selection Graph: Carefully selected from over 1,000 entries submitted by readers.
・Special Gallery ・West Japan's Red Diesel Car...Kiha 40 series that JR West mainly operates in the Chugoku region. You can enjoy a good railway journey along with the scenery along the line.
・Color graph ・Kiha 28 type of Isumi Railway... Chasing the last days of the same train, which was completely retired around the time of the publication of the book.

◎ Main reprinted articles
・Last national diesel car Kiha 40 series... Reprinted from an article published in 2003, a valuable record of the Kiha 40 heyday.
・Kiha 40 series, Kiha 66/67 series... This is a reprint of an article from 2020, and it shows how fast the withdrawal took place 17 years after the above article. The explanation of the basic mechanism is illustrated.
・In close contact with the inspection of Kiha 40 at the Koriyama General Vehicle Center...covered in 2013.
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