During the Showa era, when railway transportation played a leading role in logistics, railway mail and parcel transportation was carried out by mail and parcel cars connected to passenger trains. Trains began to be operated, and express cargo trains were also operated on trunk lines such as the Tokaido/Sanyo Main Line and the Tohoku Main Line.
A considerable number of freight coaches that were remodeled from old passenger coaches were arranged, and a wide variety of freight trains composed of steel mail cars, freight passenger cars for pallets, and mail passenger cars were seen.
●Mani 60 200
· A newly built vehicle as Mani 60 was selected as a prototype. The body color is brown.
- 236 all-steel luggage cars were newly manufactured from 1977 as a replacement for Mani 50 and the old luggage passenger car.
-In addition to being used by being connected to various types of passenger trains, it was diverted to other uses and was active after the abolition of luggage transportation in 1986 (Showa 61).
-Reproduce the body shape according to the 50 series passenger car and the large double-opening side doors unique to the luggage car
-The truck is equipped with a highly versatile truck-mounted Arnold coupler