Kato 10-899 Railway Post Office Baggage Car "Tokaido Sanyo" 6 Car Set N Scale

In the days of the Japanese National Railways (JNR), when rail transport played a major role in logistics, a considerable number of baggage carriages modified from old passenger carriages were deployed. A wide variety of baggage trains were seen, composed of steel mail cars, pallet baggage coaches and postal coaches. Even after the opening of the Shinkansen, there were many long-distance baggage trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Lines, connecting the Tokyo metropolitan area with the Kyushu area and the rest of Japan.