Two-axle tank cars

[Nick_Burman]

Hi all,

 

Untill what year (and in what kind of service and flow) did the Japanese railways use 2-axle tank cars? For what era would cars like http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10136537,http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10136536, http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10104834 and http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10104831 be appropriate (the cars are lettered for "Tomii Industries", a freelance creation)?

 

Cheers NB

[bikkuri bahn]

The tamu 500 series were produced from 1931 to 1961, and were used for haulage of gasoline.  At the breakup of JNR in 1987, only 37 were left, the result of deterioration from age and the shift away from freight services to small scale customers (i.e. the ending of individual car load mixed freight in favor of unit movements).  They were all gone by 2000.

[Nick_Burman]

The tamu 500 series were produced from 1931 to 1961, and were used for haulage of gasoline.  At the breakup of JNR in 1987, only 37 were left, the result of deterioration from age and the shift away from freight services to small scale customers (i.e. the ending of individual car load mixed freight in favor of unit movements).  They were all gone by 2000.

 

Thank you BB. However the TaMu 500s weren't the only 2-axle cars in the JNR/JRF, there were other classes like the TaMu5000 (owned/leased by Ajinomoto - hardly a small customer - and done in N scale by Micro-Ace), did they come off more or less at the same time?

 

 

Cheers NB

[bikkuri bahn]

Sorry, can't process the whereabouts/fates of every single type of railcar at once :happy8:

 

Anyway, for the tamu 5000 series, it depends on the individual cars, some were retired around 1987 or earlier, while a few toiled on until 1996 or 97.

 

No. 5094 retired in 1996:

http://3.pro.tok2.com/~shimpei/0001/131_pfc-special11/pfs532_tamu5094.htm

 

No. 6045, another 1996 retiree:

http://3.pro.tok2.com/~shimpei/0001/120_pfc-weekly10/pfw461_tamu6045.htm

[westfalen]

Sorry, can't process the whereabouts/fates of every single type of railcar at once :happy8:

 

Anyway, for the tamu 5000 series, it depends on the individual cars, some were retired around 1987 or earlier, while a few toiled on until 1996 or 97.

 

No. 5094 retired in 1996:

http://3.pro.tok2.com/~shimpei/0001/131_pfc-special11/pfs532_tamu5094.htm

 

No. 6045, another 1996 retiree:

http://3.pro.tok2.com/~shimpei/0001/120_pfc-weekly10/pfw461_tamu6045.htm

And built in 1953/54 if I read it correctly. They cover quite a long period.

[Nick_Burman]

Sorry, can't process the whereabouts/fates of every single type of railcar at once :happy8:

 

Anyway, for the tamu 5000 series, it depends on the individual cars, some were retired around 1987 or earlier, while a few toiled on until 1996 or 97.

 

No. 5094 retired in 1996:

http://3.pro.tok2.com/~shimpei/0001/131_pfc-special11/pfs532_tamu5094.htm

 

No. 6045, another 1996 retiree:

http://3.pro.tok2.com/~shimpei/0001/120_pfc-weekly10/pfw461_tamu6045.htm

 

Thanks none the less BB, most helpful. They lasted quite some time...can we say that given their paint scheme the freelanced Tomix TaMus would suit better a more contemporary setting?

 

Cheers  NB