Cassiopea-liveried loco

[miyakoji]

Here's the first vid I've seen of a Cassiopeia livery (-509) in service:

 

 

I find it a little nerve-wracking to see these backed in the way they do.  I noticed the guy in the end car, but he doesn't have a brake handle...

[westfalen]

The crewman in the rear car does seem to have his hand on something in an opened door inside the car, I can't believe he'd be too far from a brake valve to dump the air, there could be one there concealed in a cabinet when not in use. From my experience it would be more nerve racking for the driver, backing six car EMU's around the yard at 8kmh without being able to see where you're going is bad enough.

[angusmclean]

OK, I concede to Tomix, but Kato will be getting my order for the EF510.500 in Cassiopea livery, as illustrated in their latest poster, for release with the coaches in December.  And good news, they are also releasing a DE10, which I thought, has not been available for many years.

 

Angus

[bill937ca]

The crewman in the rear car does seem to have his hand on something in an opened door inside the car, I can't believe he'd be too far from a brake valve to dump the air, there could be one there concealed in a cabinet when not in use. From my experience it would be more nerve racking for the driver, backing six car EMU's around the yard at 8kmh without being able to see where you're going is bad enough.

 

Do any of these trains have back-up controllers, like some single-ended streetcars do?