[Limited bonus: Postcard included] RM Re-Library 23 Private railway mechanical diesel train born after the war

Scheduled to be shipped sequentially after 3/26

``RM Re-Library'' reprints two to three volumes of past masterpieces from ` `RM LIBRARY '', which has a long history of over 280 issues. The 23rd volume in the series is a reprint of ``Private Railway Mechanical Diesel Cars Born After the War'' (authored by Toru Yuguchi) from RM Library Volumes 87 and 88 .

Mechanical diesel cars have almost the same structure as manual transmission cars, and shift speed using a clutch pedal and shift lever. The advantage is that it is simple, but due to its mechanism, it is not suitable for general control, and when operating in formations with two or more cars, a driver must be on board for each powered vehicle, which limits its potential for development. .

The history of diesel trains in Japan began with small-scale operation, and the mechanical technology was once almost completed before World War II, but during the war, due to difficulties in obtaining fuel, diesel trains in Japan were once destroyed. It becomes. During post-war reconstruction, a search began for new products that were similar to reproductions of pre-war mechanical models, and for new systems suitable for comprehensive control such as electric and liquid types, and as a result, mechanical diesel trains were finally replaced in the early 1960s . It is no longer manufactured.

This book introduces, starting from the north, a total of 56 of the mechanical diesel trains manufactured after the war that were introduced to private railways (excluding Hokkaido light rail and Sapporo streetcars). There are many variations, such as those that are almost the same as the Japanese National Railways type, new vehicles that were released as the last shine of light railways, and Chimi-Ryo-like vehicles whose origins are quite mysterious...There are many variations that will never run out of interest.