Kato 10-1880 N Scale Night Local Train “KARAMATSU” 9-Car Set

Kato 10-1880 N Scale Night Local Train “KARAMATSU” 9-Car Set

The “KARAMATSU” is the second in the “Night Train Series” that connects Otaru and Kushiro.

● The “Karamatsu” is a regular night train that runs 428.7 km between Otaru and Kushiro via the Hakodate Main Line and
Nemuro Main Line. Although it is a regular train, it has B-sleeper cars connected to it, and these B-sleeper seats can be
reserved through the Mars system for seat management and ticketing, which is why it was given the nickname “Karamatsu”.
The name “Karamatsu” was discontinued with the 1980 timetable revision, making it the earliest of the nighttime slow trains
to lose its name.

◆ Following the “San'in” series, KATO is pleased to announce the release of the “Karamatsu”, which was operated in
Hokkaido, as the second product in the “night train” series in the KATO passenger train lineup. By replacing the “5140
Mani50” with any of the other cars in the series, it is possible to recreate a train configuration that was seen in the final years
of the series.

Features
① Kushiro freight cars (Suhane 16, Mani 60 belong to Sapporo Operation Center, Mani 36 belongs to Sumidagawa freight car
section) around 1978 are now in production.
②Mani Type 36 (modified Oha 35) and Ohafu 33 for Hokkaido are newly created. The ventilator on the roof is reproduced
with separate parts.
③Suuni-61 508 is newly created without some small windows, which differs from conventional models due to the year of
production.
④Body color: Mani 36, Mani 60, and Sui 61 are grape color No.2, and others are blue No.15. (5) Roof color: different colors
are used for each car.
⑤The locomotive coupling side of Suhafu 44 and Mani 36 are equipped with bogie-mounted Arnold couplers, while others
are equipped with KATO couplers JPB as standard. (6) The Suhafu 44 and Mani 36 come with replacement knuckle couplers
and coupler adapters.
⑥Suhafu 44 and Mani 36 have taillight lights on (with off switch)
⑦Pre-printed with car numbering, capacity, and conversion notations
⑧Ohanef 12 and Suhane 16 are represented by printed car No. sabot, “Karamatsu” nickname sabot, and destination sabot.
Other cars are reproduced with various types of sabots to match the actual cars.