Mister No's Pics & Vids

ARU RESSHA - - JRKYUSHU SWEET TRAIN

The Aru Ressha (或る列車) is a two-car deluxe excursion train operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Japan since August 2015. The train is formed of two modified former KiHa 47 diesel cars, renumbered KiRoShi 47 9176 (car 1) and KiRoShi 47 3505 (car 2), and is intended to replicate the design and ambience of the luxury Brill coaches purchased by the Kyushu Railway in 1908. The purchase occurred just before the company was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act) and the car was never put into service.

It is obvious that it was formed of KiHa cars, and Plarail model resembles the model of KiHa 40 (in this case Kitaro/Medama JR West, Sakai Line) trains. Plarail's Aru Ressha is a nice model with completely closed shell (no holes), and everything (except the destination sign, I think) is printed - no stickers. It's a 2 speed train (speed 2 is hilarious).






























Official Aru Ressha website: https://www.jrkyushu-aruressha.jp/en/