JR Inspection KIYA 191

[bill937ca]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IY5ujSZdkOY

 

Here's a Japanese language article on the KIYA 191.

 

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%BD%E9%89%84%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A4191%E7%B3%BB%E6%B0%97%E5%8B%95%E8%BB%8A

[Guest ___]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IY5ujSZdkOY

 

Here's a Japanese language article on the KIYA 191.

 

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%BD%E9%89%84%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A4191%E7%B3%BB%E6%B0%97%E5%8B%95%E8%BB%8A

 

I saw a red-cream version ion Kyoto and had no idea what the hell it was.

[stevenh]

Found another video on it... It's diesel, obviously, but I would imagine it also has equipment inside to test the catenary as it has pantographs on top?

 

Up close and personal:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=C69Uh9yx59Q

 

Passing by:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqCGd1zJFs&feature=related

 

 

Also, I thought the Tomix 193系　was a model of this very locomotive, but it seems not to be. The only 193系 videos I can find online point to a very different vehicle. Here's a funny video on the Tomix model anwyay:

 

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ULTpR3E3tOc

[Bernard]

I like the test track he designed for the model to see how it handles different radii and S curves.

[bill937ca]

Another look at the 191.

 

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=cmfvDF2Bi-A

[Guest ___]

Could've sworn I posted a reply to this thread. I Saw a cream and red one in Kyoto and hadn't a clue for the life of me what it was. I figured it might be some sort of MoW or something of a track geometry car.

[bill937ca]

I figured it might be some sort of MoW or something of a track geometry car.

 

That's what it is.

[Guest ___]

Did they just take the front and rear ends of an old 485/183 (or related member of the turret top family) and convert them?