KuHa クハ 861

[sportinglife]

Hello, can anyone tell me something about such unusual railcar? It's included in Railway collection #14 and I'd like to know something more...

thanks

[stevenh]

It's from the Oigawa Railway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cigawa_Railway

I never saw it when I was there in 2009: http://modelrail.otenko.com/photo-album?itemid=82

Here is their site in Japanese: http://www.oigawa-railway.co.jp/

and English: http://www.oigawa-railway.co.jp/pdf/oigawa_rail_eng.pdf

 

Their list of rolling stock seems to have been re-done: http://www.oigawa-railway.co.jp/train_introduction.html

The only mention they have of it is in their 'shop': http://oigawa-railway.com/?pid=34398783

 

I can only imagine they took the original vehicle and turned it into an open-air tourist vehicle.

[sportinglife]

Thanks Steven!