Ugo Kotsu KiHa 3 translation

[sportinglife]

Hello,
can anyone help me with this translation ???Some information are quite difficult to obtain and automatic translator on the web are really dreadful
Thanks

[qwertyaardvark]

In case you want an electronic copy of the paragraph:

羽後交通　キハ3
昭和28年に羽後交通横荘線で導入された湘南タイプの前面を持つ気動車です。横荘線廃止後は、雄勝線に移り同線廃止まで活躍しました。片側にバスケット型の荷台を備えた特徴的な車両です。

Translation:

Ugo Transportation KiHa 3
Introduced by Ugo Transportation in 1953 (Showa 28) on the Oushou Line, this diesel railcar has a Shonan-type* front end. After the the Oushou Line was eliminated, it was moved the Ogachi Line and operated there until all rail lines were eliminated. A particular characteristic of this car is the basket-styled luggage carrier attached on one side.

*TL note: from what I can find, "Shonan-type" front is anything that looks like the front of a JNR 80 Series.
See: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:JNR-Mikawa-Kawai-Sta-platform.jpg

[Nick_Burman]

Jappo and all,

You might like this: http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/ugo/ugo1.html - "it", in operation.


Cheers NB

[keitaro]

ahh yes truly beautiful trains.

How i would love to model 1925 - 1945 into a big layout ........

but what would i do with all my shinkansens then 

[Nick_Burman]

Simple...stretch you working era into the 1960's, then you can run 100 series Shinkansen trains...

Cheers NB

[marknewton]

...from what I can find, "Shonan-type" front is anything that looks like the front of a JNR 80 Series.

I've seen references to this elsewhere, including a website entirely devoted to this styling, but nowhere have I ever seen the term explained. Why "shonan" ?

Cheers,

Mark.

[bikkuri bahn]

Shonan refers to the stretch of coast as well as the cities/towns fronting Sagami Bay, from about Hiratsuka to the Miura Peninsula.  The Tokaido Line parallels a good portion of this coastline, and when the 80 series were introduced, they were painted in the green and orange colors (supposedly based on the color of mandarin oranges and their leaves, which are grown in the nearby Odawara area) which you can still see on the 115 series and the few 113 units left. This color scheme was called "shonan colors". The impact on the public must have been great, as emus before then were typically brown.  The 80 series has been identified with Shonan ever since, though the design has been used on other lines and regions in DC electrified territory in Japan.  I remember many years ago (early 80's?) seeing a mother and her child at the railway station, and when a 113 series on the Tokaido Line arrived, the mother telling her child: "look, there's a shonan densha".

[marknewton]

Thanks for that, BB. I did wonder if there was a connection between the green and orange paint scheme and the name, now I know. That's the best thing about our forum - the depth of knowledge and willingness to share that all our members have. 

Incidentally, I now have a Tomix 153 series set and a Kato 165 series set, both in the shonan colours. Beautiful trains, I reckon.

All the best,

Mark.

[Nick_Burman]

I wouldn't mind an 80 series - however I would like mine in a 3 or 4-car formation, such as they ran in their last years on the Iida Line. Kato could oblige us with a 4-car set, couldn't they?

Cheers NB

[sportinglife]

Thanks!

[sportinglife]

Jappo and all,

You might like this: http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/ugo/ugo1.html - "it", in operation.


Cheers NB

Thanks for the link, I'll try an automatic translation!

[marknewton]

I wouldn't mind an 80 series...

So would I, if one was available in HO. Very racy looking trains, IMO! 

Cheers,

Mark.

[keitaro]

same.

Would really love to see a return to designs like this in new sets.

I really don't like alot of the plain boring designs of some of the more recent stuff

[sportinglife]

In case you want an electronic copy of the paragraph:

羽後交通　キハ3
昭和28年に羽後交通横荘線で導入された湘南タイプの前面を持つ気動車です。横荘線廃止後は、雄勝線に移り同線廃止まで活躍しました。片側にバスケット型の荷台を備えた特徴的な車両です。

Translation:

Ugo Transportation KiHa 3
Introduced by Ugo Transportation in 1953 (Showa 28) on the Oushou Line, this diesel railcar has a Shonan-type* front end. After the the Oushou Line was eliminated, it was moved the Ogachi Line and operated there until all rail lines were eliminated. A particular characteristic of this car is the basket-styled luggage carrier attached on one side.

*TL note: from what I can find, "Shonan-type" front is anything that looks like the front of a JNR 80 Series.
See: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:JNR-Mikawa-Kawai-Sta-platform.jpg

Was this railcar specifically build for Ugo Kotsu or is likely a second-hand railcar equipped with basket-styled luggage carrier?