History of Kintetsu rolling stock.

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Interesting video. Very little mention of 50's and 60's era streamlined units except for a short bit of what looks to be the controls of a 10100 series at about 16:50.

 

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Very little mention of 50's and 60's era streamlined units

That's likely because this video focuses on the Meihan (Nagoya-Osaka) limited express services.  The early streamlined units were mainly used on the more tourist/leisure market oriented Osaka-Uji Yamada services. The second generation 10100 series were used on Meihan tokkyu services in the early 1960's, but were shifted mainly to Nagoya-Ise/Osaka-Ise services after market share was severely impacted by the opening of the JNR Tokaido Shinkansen.  However, the 10100 series were handicapped as their double deck design with few exits made for long station dwell times, limiting their use on intermediate stop services (Oto tokkyu in Kintetsu parlance), also their aging led to aircon problems and keeping the upper passenger deck cool.

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Interesting takeaways from this video:

-Much is made of the 2250 series, being the first airconditioned limited express units, and the ride quality being improved with the fitting of Schlieren type bogies (previous types had been fitted with equalizer bogies).  Kintetsu still uses Schlieren bogies for its rolling stock except for later types that use simpler bolsterless designs.

 

-The 6421 series was introduced for Nagoya Line services.  Based on the 2250 series, it was one meter shorter however (19m vs. 20m) as there were some sharp curves in the Yokkaichi area (perhaps including the big curve at the old Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station, which then was adjacent to the JNR station?) At 11:30 you can see a scene likely in the Yokkaichi area, note the tank cars and the steam locomotive in the background, which are on JNR tracks. The 6421 series were fitted with standard gauge bogies in Showa 34(1959), in conjunction with the standard gauging of the Nagoya Line.  The 6421 series, unlike the 2250 series, were built by Nippon Sharyo, and were the last Kintetsu rolling stock built by a maker other than Kinki Sharyo.

 

-With the standard gauging of the Nagoya Line in 1959, non-stop, one seat service was made possible between Nagoya and Osaka Uehonmachi.  However, the limited express train still had to reverse at Nakagawa Station.  The bypass track (Nakagawa tanrakusen) was not finished until two years later, which got rid of the reverse move.