The third book in the series, written by Yoichi Miyashita, an authority on old-style national electric trains and local private railways, focuses on pre-war national electric trains. This book is a compilation of many graphs and visual variations for the 20m class steel 3 door long seat car for the purpose of detail research for models. We have compiled an overview of each type derived from the 40 series commuter long seat cars, various modified commercial cars, private railway transfer cars, and prewar 20m class trains. Please note that 32 and 42 series cross-seat vehicles and 51 series semi-cross seat vehicles are published in the second volume.
[Content list] ■ Color graph at the beginning of the page Pre-war 20m class train Record of activities
■Prototype edition - History of prewar 20m class trains - List of changes in each type of prewar 20m class trains - Prewar 20m class trains seen from a modeler's perspective Changes in front shape Car body details Modifications specific to local railway sections Detail file ① Car body details File ②Rooftop detail file ③Interior detail file ④Underside
・Graph Records of pre-war 20m-class trains on various railway lines nationwide
■Explanation of each type and detailed description of each type with photos Profile of pre-war 20m class trains Moha 30 type Kumoha 40 type Kumoha 41 type Kumoha 60 type Kumoha 61 type Kuha 55 type Kuhani 67 type Saha 57 type
・Profile of 4-door modified car Kumoha 31 type Kumoha 32 type Kuha 79 type Saha 78 type
・Business vehicle Kumoya 93 type (Moya 4700) Kuya 99 type (Kuya 9020) Profile of Kumoya 492/493 type, prewar 20m class train, Hanwa type train, and private railway transfer vehicle 143 ・Pre-war type national electric train (bottom) 20m class cross-seat car Prologue ・Prewar type 20m class electric train of each type Vehicle history table / Change in placement by age
■Materials - Pre-war 20 m class electric train - Table of changes in body shape etc. during manufacture - Pre-war 20 m class electric car - Number of cars manufactured - Pre-war 20 m class electric car - List of war damage/accident scrapped cars - Changes in the roof curvature of pre-war electric cars - Pre-war type (17m/20m) Train body shape classification list/Kuha 55 300s form classification table
