Retro look for Tokyo's loop line

[bill937ca]

A JR Yamanote Line train, its exterior painted to resemble carriages that ran a century ago, pulls in to JR Tokyo Station on Monday. East Japan Railway Co. has put the train, painted in the original chocolate color, into service to mark the 100th anniversary of the naming of the Yamanote Line. It initially ran mainly through Yamanote, or uptown, areas of the capital. The chocolate-colored trains were replaced by brownish-green ones in 1963. The special train, equipped with decorations from the late 1950s and the early 1960s, will run through Dec. 4.(IHT/Asahi: September 8,2009)

 

 

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200909080068.html

[Martijn Meerts]

Wonder when MicroAce will announce the model version =)

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Mmmm; nice. Looks like another set to add to my shopping list - if one does get produced....

[bill937ca]

More photos.

 

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http://picasaweb.google.com/kumoha300/JR#

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p2aDLY91jA

 

[Guest ___]

It would be interesting to see if there are any color pix of the older series trains that ran in both the original brown livery as well as the brown-green livery that the was used from the 60's until the 80's when the 103's went in to service.

[CaptOblivious]

That's pretty cool; I really like the look.

[bill937ca]

This Hobidas news item shows each car.  There are four distinct wraps in the eleven car train.

 

http://www.hobidas.com/news/article/105895.html