Shunting for hankyus

[Thankyu6300]

I was wondering does anyone out there know what locos they use to shunt Hankyu line trains at a major depot.

[kvp]

They have some older single and double car retired passenger emu-s modified for maintenance work and i found two tiny blue tractor units in one of their yards:

https://www.google.hu/maps/@34.78054,135.546308,3a,75y,219.17h,70.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUejttIsS68K7VMaMWZrXsg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

(but they might just be for mow trains)

[Das Steinkopf]

The diesel tractors are TMC400's and today is your lucky day as they have just been annouced for preorder http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10443690 .

[Thankyu6300]

Thanks guys, I like the look of those TMCs. As you can tell I am rather obsessed with the Hankyu line, I made a post while back about modelling tsukaguchi but the more I thought about it I was in way over my head now trying to figure out if making some floor modules would be time and money better spent. Like a station on one moveable modular board and a depot on another and then I could pack them away etc....

[katoftw]

Which Hankyu line in perticular are you in love with?

[Thankyu6300]

The Hankyu Kobe line, My girlfriend lives right along it in Tsukaguchi. When i was staying with her last year i really loved watching them go past. Plus the whole area is so interesting for me so the Hankyus really do have a special place in my heart. Amagasaki area its quite a rusty little place, a little bit dingey even... but it has a gritty charm i just love. Also I love the Kyoto line, Umeda to Kyoto in about 30 mins only costs about 500yen a lot less than catching the Shinkansen. I also love the platforming warning sound makes before the train arrives, it makes me want to dance kind of like an accordion

Edited January 19, 2017 by Thankyu6300