Coming very soon Yamanotesen 1970 JNR era Layout. I am going to relase this personally as a freeware content. While we are waiting for the New Yamanote Line.
This is because we are still working hard on creating sessions. Pardon :'(
This route will take you through 1950-1970's around Tokyo. Firstly this will contain Tokyo-Osaki.
This early january
Nice project.
Here is somethig that might be useful to you:
Yamanote Line 101 and 103 series reskins!
Series 101:
A bit of history:
The 101 series was introduced in 1959 to be the new standard commuter train of JNR, intended to replace the old pre-war and immediate post-war electric multiple units such as the 63 and 72 series.
Altough reliable and liked by both drivers and passengers, it was extremely power-consuming and expensive to build and operate, therefore JNR moved to the improved 103 series in 1963.
Yamanote line units were fitted in a canary yellow liviery identical to those on the Chuo Sobu line trainsets, and were operated in 8-car sets.
They were introduced on the line in 1961 and fully replaced by the 103 series by 1968.
Trivia:
The destination boards on the 101 series spell "Yamate line" instead of "Yamanote line".
This is because after world war 2, the american armed forces in Japan ordered all the train and station signs to be translated ("romanized") and the Yamanote Line was romanized into "Yamate Line" (dropping the character "No"). It was thus alternatively known as "Yamate" and "Yamanote" until 1971, when JNR changed the pronunciation back to "Yamanote".
As of today some older people still refer to the line using the old "Yamate line" name.
Trainz Model:
the .CDP file contains the 4 different cars (Kuha, Moha, Moha+Pantograph and SaHa) plus a ready-to-run 8-car conist.
The original model is by Keimei (Green 101 series for the Kansai Line)
Download:
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103 series (early type, 1963-1981)
A bit of history:
The 103 series was introduced in 1963 as a cheaper, simplified and more energy efficent alternative over the 101 series, but it retained the overall appearance of it's predecessor. Full production began in 1964 and ended in 1971.
It proved immensly popular, becaming the standard base for all the commuter trains built in japan from then on (both JNR types and private railways too).
An air-conditioned prototype was introduced in 1970 and tested on the Yamanote Line. The tests were successful and starting in 1973, the Air-Conditioned stest were built.
These units were converted to ATC use starting in the late '70s and totally replaced the non-ATC sets by 1980.
Trivia:
These EMUs (along with the 101 series) were nicknamed "Kokuden" and are one of the most produced japanese model trains of all time. Kato, Tomix, Greenmax and Microace all have some kind of model in their catalogs. It was so popular that even the venerable italian brand "Lima" attempted a reproduction in H0 scale. Named "Lima Kokuden" it's one of the rarest lima models ever produced.
Trainz Model:
the .CDP file contains the 4 different cars (Kuha, Moha, Moha+Pantograph and SaHa) plus a ready-to-run 10-car consist.
The original model is by Keimei (Green 101 series for the Kansai Line)
DOWNLOAD
Link removed due to kuid number conflict with newer releases.
103 series (Later type, 1980-1988)
In the 1970s both the Keihin-Tohoku Line and the Yamanote Line became increasingly crowded, to the point that the old block-type signalling system was not sufficent to handle the high frequencies of operation. This, along with an accident at Nippori station (more on that later) led to the introduction of an analogue ATC system based on those used by the TRTA ( Teito Rapid Transit Autorithy - Tokyo Subway operator until 2004 - transferred to Tokyo Metro)
specifically the ones on the Hibiya and newly-built Chiyoda lines.
The analogue ATC equipment was so large that the cabs had to be raised to make space for it. The rebuilt trains fetaured also a twin headlight, in place of the earlier single one. Also the Air Condition units were fitted to the units that didn't recieved them in the '70s.
These units briefly made the whole Yamanote Line roster until the introduction of the lighter, cheaper and more energy-efficient 205 series in 1985, that ultimately replaced all the 103s by 1988.
The trainsets replaced by the 205 series were moved to the Keiyo and Musashino lines (a couple of sets were also moved to the Keihin-Tohoku Line as spares).
Trivia:
In 1972 at Nippori Station, a northbound Keihin-Tohoku Line 103 series was rear-ended by an inner-loop Yamanote Line set of the same type*. The collision occourred at about 20Km/h (the Yamanote Line train had applied emergency brakes) and thanks to the low speed and excepitonal body strenght of the 103 series, nobody on the two trains was hurt.
*Between Tamachi and Tabata, due to maintainance, Yamanote Line trains are occasionally rerouted onto Keihin-Tohoku Line tracks and vice-versa. It's still used as of today and that was the case in the 1972 Nippori Incident.
Trainz Model:
the .CDP file contains the 4 different cars (Kuha, Moha, Moha+Pantograph and SaHa) plus a ready-to-run 10-car consist.
The original model is by Keimei (Yellow 103 series)
DOWNLOAD
Link removed due to kuid number conflict with newer releases.
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