Without watching UCWEPN's video (so I may be repeating some of what he says)...
This was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the existence of Plarail, which started as Pla-Train in 1959.
As the name implies, Plarail was made from plastic right from the beginning (if we discount for the moment its wooden antecedents), but at that time tinplate was the mainstream material for toy trains. This anniversary model was released with the 'what if' concept that Plarail might have been commercialized using tinplate. Taking advantage of the characteristics of tinplate, which is easy to shape into curved surfaces, they chose the streamlined C53-43 for this project.
The coach is a Ma I Te ( マイテ ) 39 observation car.
Ma = over 47.5 ton and under 52.5 ton
I = First Class
Te = Observation Car
This was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the existence of Plarail, which started as Pla-Train in 1959.
As the name implies, Plarail was made from plastic right from the beginning (if we discount for the moment its wooden antecedents), but at that time tinplate was the mainstream material for toy trains. This anniversary model was released with the 'what if' concept that Plarail might have been commercialized using tinplate. Taking advantage of the characteristics of tinplate, which is easy to shape into curved surfaces, they chose the streamlined C53-43 for this project.
The coach is a Ma I Te ( マイテ ) 39 observation car.
Ma = over 47.5 ton and under 52.5 ton
I = First Class
Te = Observation Car
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