[Limited bonus: Postcard included] RM Re-Library9 Birth and demise of 3-axle freight cars

``RM Re-Library'' reprints two to three volumes of past masterpiece volumes from ``RM LIBRARY'', which has a long history of over 270 issues.
The ninth volume in the series features freight cars for the first time. We have featured the ``3-axle freight car'', which had a very unique presence in the history of JNR freight cars. This is a reprint from the very early volumes of the RM Library, volumes 8 and 9. In addition, the previous two volumes, Volume 8 being the "Pre-war Edition" and Volume 9 being the "Post-War Edition", will be combined into one volume.

Currently, all three-axle freight cars have already finished their role and are scrapped, but the idea behind their design is that they can carry a larger load than two-axle cars, but their structure is not as complex as bogies. there was. If you look at history from a bird's-eye view, they were by no means a minority; in history, 12,000 cars left their mark on the national railway lines. As the subtitle ``From Birth to End'' suggests, this book unravels records from the Meiji period, known as the ``mythical period,'' and explores the numerous tank cars that reached their peak in the early Showa period and their wartime transportation during World War II. He revealed that the specialized Toki 900 series, and the Chisa 1600 series and Chi 500 series that were repurposed after the war, were the last 3-axle freight cars in practical use, and that We also introduce in detail rare types such as Wasa 1 type and Ku 9100 type, which made a final impact as prototype cars.
In the end, three-axle freight cars were left behind by the times due to their inferior loading capacity and high-speed performance compared to bogies, but thanks to the loving writing of the author, who was the gold standard of freight car research, the era in which they lived, their technical significance, , I will tell you the story of how I ended up with Reika. This long-awaited book caused a huge stir when it was first published, and as of 2003 it had gone through three printings, and now it is being republished.

■Future publication schedule (subject to change)
*2022/12/16 publication information has been updated.
1, Kiha07 story
2, Mani type 35/36/37
3. Choshi Electric Railway
4, Kiha 41000 clan
5, Mani 60/61 type Suuni 60/61 type
6. Japan National Railways EF13 type - The life of wartime electric equipment
7. A century of Usui Pass
8. History of JNR mail and freight railcars
9. Birth and demise of three-axle freight cars (this product)