Tokyo Railway Labyrinth had its twelfth anniversary. Time moved quickly. I thank all my blog readers for visiting this website over the last twelve years. According to the oriental zodiac, one cycle is completed every twelfth year, so, today is the start of the new cycle of my blog.
In commemoration of the twelfth anniversary, I'm going to show you a train with number "12" in the name. The Class KuMoHa 12 is an electric car commissioned in 1953 by the Japanese National Railways. The definition of the Class KuMoHa 12 effective since 1953 was a 17-meter-long, 6 doors and double-cab motorcar. The Class KuMoHa 12 was originally developed by the Japanese Government Railways in the 1920s and 1930s under the names of the Class MoHa 30, 31, 34 and others. 33 units in total were operated on the track, but most of them had already been scrapped. Only two units are currently preserved.
Unit KuMoHa 12041 is one of the above preserved cars exhibited in "SCMAGLEV and Railway Park" in Nagoya City. It was originally built in 1927 as a single-cab motorcar of the Class MoHa 30. After being remodeled several times, it was converted to a double-cab car unit KuMoHa 12041 in 1987. It was retired from the JR Central Iida line in 2002, and has been exhibited at SCMAGLEV and Railway Park since 2011. Its gable-shaped face was caused because the cab was added later. I like very much this electric car with a rustic steel body.
