[Limited benefit: Postcard included] RM Re-Library18 All about JNR containers

``RM Re-Library'' reprints two to three volumes of past masterpieces from ` `RM LIBRARY '', which has a long history of over 270 issues.
The 18th volume in the series is a combination of RM Library Volumes 121 and 122 , ``All About JNR Containers (Part 1 and Part 2)'' (authored by Shinpei Yoshioka).

This book introduces containers owned by JNR during the JNR era by type (in other words, privately owned containers and containers from the JR era are not covered).
Container transportation by Japanese National Railways began in earnest in 1959 , but the depth of the author's knowledge can be first seen in the fact that this book begins with chapters from the ``mythical era,'' which preceded that period. After giving an overview of the history and the changes in painting and markings, we will explain in detail the characteristics and number classification of each type from the covered container. The true value of this book is that it explains containers with the same density and calorific value as the author's first-class explanations of freight cars by type.

The chapters are covered containers (type 1), refrigerated containers (type), ventilated containers, 2.5 ton containers, hopper containers, tank containers, type 2 containers, type 3 containers, etc.
Types 1 to 3 here refer to the container standards established by Japan National Railways. Type 1 is the original standard for 5 -ton containers (commonly known as 10- foot containers), and Type 2 is the standard for 5- ton containers ( 12 feet containers) based on ISO standards. ft container), and the third type is a 10 ton container.
In particular, during the period when type 1 and type 2 were mixed, the operation was complicated, such as the number of items loaded on the Koki car was different, but this book will help you understand it better.
It is also interesting to read that special containers such as hoppers and tanks had transitioned to privately owned containers by the time the second type was established, so the history of JNR containers ended in a kind of era.