JR 115-1000 Shonan Coloured Takasaki Depot

[katoftw]

Just asking about info on this train.  Tomix has it as a 3 car, and Kato has it as a 4 car.  What is the number of cars for the prototype?

[kvp]

1 hour ago, katoftw said:

Just asking about info on this train.  Tomix has it as a 3 car, and Kato has it as a 4 car.  What is the number of cars for the prototype?

I'm not sure, but i did find this photo:

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ファイル:JR_East_115-1000_Jōetsu_Line_6_cars_20170216.jpg

It has two 3 car sets in one train.

And there are this photo with 4 cars:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:115kei_T1142.JPG

So i think both are correct and the longest set i found from this subtype was 6 cars long.

[bill937ca]

This Japanese Wikipedia article has a section on current vehicle deployment at Takasaki Depot.

 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/国鉄115系電車#高崎車両センター（髙タカ）

 

It includes the changes of March 2018. Trains of 3 cars are mentioned and a train of 4 cars is mentioned.

 

The 115-1000 are used on the Ryomo line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryōmō_Line

 

Edited April 10, 2018 by bill937ca

[katoftw]

http://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix/products/img/20180411-3.pdf

 

Tomix just release a goodbye set.  So look like it ran until March this year.

[bill937ca]

 

The last run. Great horn!

 

 

[Pashina12]

The horn is awesome. I also quite like how everyone on the platform thanked the train before it left... (though that one guy was quite vociferous lol)

[kvp]

3 hours ago, Pashina12 said:

The horn is awesome.

Somehow i really like the lineside running sound of the 113/115 series. (just listen to the first video) I think it's the combination of the DT21 bogies and the motors.