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AlexMaria, I am showing the following as dependencies to the 415 series. If I missed the link to these I'm sorry. Are they available?

- Dependency <kuid:668654:101337> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101338> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101339> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101362> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101363> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101364> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101342> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101343> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101344> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101337> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101338> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101339> is unknown.


Bill
 
AlexMaria, I am showing the following as dependencies to the 415 series. If I missed the link to these I'm sorry. Are they available?

- Dependency <kuid:668654:101337> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101338> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101339> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101362> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101363> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101364> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101342> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101343> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101344> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101337> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101338> is unknown.
- Dependency <kuid:668654:101339> is unknown.


Bill

They're the "conventional steel" 415 Series sets for mixed consists with 415-1500 Series trains. They're indeed avaible at my website: Here for the JNR version, here for the JR East version and here for the JR Kyushu version.
 
Rats. Now I'm missing 668654:103462 after downloading and installing that last three.

EDIT: Got it. Imported it from a lower version of Trainz.

Bill
 
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Here's the second "additional train" - JR Kyushu's 811 Series!

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They're already avaible at my website - here.

These were introduced in 1989 as JR Kyushu's first suburban train design, and were intended both to replace ageing JNR-era 421 Series trains and in preparation for a planned increase of rapid services between the two metropolitan areas of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu.

The overall structure of these trains was mostly derived from the 415-1500 Series trains JR Kyushu had inherited from JNR, a stainless steel bodyshell with three doors and an FRP front mask. However, the similarities ended there, as the 811 Series was completely redesigned from older stock. The most striking difference is in the FRP front mask itself, wich was extensively redesigned to a pleasant rounded, semi-aereodynamic shape, intended to give "a sense of speed", however there are also many more "subtle" differences, including a different door placement and completely new traction equipment.

Unlike their 415-1500 Series predecessors, wich were AC/DC multivoltage trains, the 811 Series were designed from the start to be AC-only trains for JR Kyushu's 20Kv 60Hz AC catenary, and as such, they're limited to Kyushu island only, whereas the 415 and 415-1500 Serieses could also travel to Shimonoseki, on Honshu island, via the Kanmon tunnel, wich is electrified at 1500v DC.
Also unlike the 415-1500 Series, the 811 Series was fitted with a more modern thyristor phase control, similar to the one used by JR East's 719 Series trains built at around the same time, instead of the older resistor control.

Depsite all the differences, the 811 Series was designed to be operable in multiple units with older stock as well, including the 415-1500 and 415 Series and even the much older 421 and 423 Serieses, and as such had it's performance tweaked to match the formers' one.

As it was intended for rapid services, the 811 Series was fitted with cross-seating thruought. The FRP front mask also fetaured a front door, wich however wasn't intended as a gangway, but rather as an emergency exit.

Manufactured by Kinki Sharyo and Hitachi, with partial assembly done at JR Kyushu's Kokura Workshops, the first four 811 Series 4-car sets (numbered as PM1 to PM4) were built in 1989 and began services in time for the start of the Asia Pacific Exibition, wich was being held at Fukuoka, in July of the same year. A further 10 sets (PM5 to PM15) were delivered in 1990, followed by set PM16 in 1991 and set PM17 in 1992.
A further eleven sets, PM101 to PM111, were delivered between mid-1992 and early 1993. Officially classified as the -100 Subseries, these were nearly identical to standard 811 Series sets except for the interiors, wich had undergone some minor modifications to improve the passengers' flow, as this latter batch was intended more for local and proper "suburban" services rather thar rapid services.

Thus, by late 1993, JR Kyushu's 811 Series fleet was formed of 28 4-car sets totalling 112 cars, with the whole fleet being assigned to Minami-Fukuoka depot.

As of today, the service patterns of the 811 Series haven't changed much since the 1990s, with the whole fleet being mostly used on rapid and local services on the Kagoshima Main Line, between Moji and Arao, via Kokura and Hakata (Fukuoka). 811 Series sets are also often seen on the Nippo Main Line and on the Nagasaki Line during morning and evening rush hours. Formerly, 811 Series sets were also used on the Sasebo Line and in 2016 some sets were also briefly lent to Oita, for services in the area.

As of today, the whole 811 Series fleet is in service, minus one set (PM2) damaged in an accident and subsequently scrapped. As they've reached 30 years of age, JR Kyushu has started a refurbishment program for the whole series, wich includes replacement of the traction equipment with IGBT-VVVF inverter with SiC components and a new "Mitooka-style" livery, and therefore, the 811 Series will remain in service for the forseeable future.


Trivia #1
Thanks to it's modern control and traction equipment, JR Kyushu's designers estimated that an 811 Series' energy consumption was about 30% lower than a 415 Series set running a similar service.

Trivia #2
811 Series were designed to be easily operated also as 3-car sets just by removing the intermediate SaHa trailer car, however this was never done. Earlier plans to produce a 2-car version also never came to fruition.

Trivia #3
The non-damaged cab end of set PM2, wich was involved in an accident in 2002, has been cut and put on display at the Kyushu Railway History Museum in Moji, and was subsequently converted into a simulator by the famous Ongakukan company.

Trivia #4
Speaking of simulators, an 811 Series set is the train of choice for what is probably the longest and most tedious driving session ever made in a Densha de GO! game: an all-stop local service calling at all the 38 stations between Sasebo and Hakata in Densha De GO! Professional 2 - a total of nearly two hours of continuous driving!

Bonus video:
A demonstration of the fully functional ATS-SK system on the afromentioned Kyushu Railway History Museum 811 Series simulator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsyQpV3tSsA&ab_channel=ONGAKUKANblog
 
And here's the third, and final "additional" train: JR Kyushu's 813 Series!

JR-Kyushu-813-Series.jpg


Standard livery on the right, Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line livery on the left.

This one is also already avaible on my website, here.

The 813 Series was introduced in 1994 as a replacement for the old JNR-era 421, 423 and 715 Serieses, the latter of wich were former 583 Series AC/DC limited express sleeper EMUs converted for suburban service, for wich they proved grossly inadequate.

Derived from it's predecessor, the 811 Series, the new 813 Serieses retained the same bodyshell and layout albeit with many improvements. The front was completely redesigned, curtesy of Mr. Eiji Mitooka, thus making the 813 Series the first suburban train penned by JR Kyushu's "own" famous designer. The stainless steel bodyshell remained completely unpainted, with the doors and the conventional steel front "mask" and cowcatcher being the only painted things in the train, finished in a strong red, the company colour of JR Kyushu. The front of the train was stylishly painted solid black, with a "Tsubame" sticker on the front door and "813" stickers on both adjacent sides.

Like the 811 Series, the 813 Series was designed as a 20Kv 60Hz AC-only train, but unlike it's predecessor, the 813 Series was fitted with a more modern Toshiba-made GTO-VVVF inverter, making it the first inverter-controlled train in JR Kyushu's fleet. Also unlike the 811 Series, the 813 Series was fitted with a proper "gangway" front door, enabling passengers to go from one set to the other if two or more 813 Series trains were coupled togheter.

The first sets began to be manufactured by Kinki Sharyo, togheter with JR Kyushu's Kokura Workshops, in 1994. Production of these trains lasted for fifteen years, with the last sets being delivered in 2009.
For the sake of "operational flexibility", initially the 813 Series trains were formed in 2-car sets, however, the trains built from 1995 onwards were formed in 3-car sets, and a third additional car was fitted to all the "original" 2-car sets by 2003.

Due to the long production cycle, several subseries were made:

The original 1st batch, classified as the -0 subseries, consisted of the first nine 2-car sets(numbered R001-R009) delivered in 1994 for services on the Kagoshima Main Line. Sets R001 to R006 had been manufactured by Kinki Sharyo, while sets R007 to R009 were built by JR Kyushu's Kokura Workshops. Assigned to Minami-Fukuoka Depot, they began revenue service on the 1st of March 1994.
In 2002, set R008 was involved in a crash on the Kagoshima Main Line, between Ebitsu and Kyushukodaimae stations, and it was subsequently written off.

Batches 2 to 3 are classified as the -100 subseries and consisted of thirteen 3-car sets and five 2-car sets built to replace the 421 Series on the Nippo Main Line and the 715 Series on the Nagasaki Main Line and the Sasebo Line. Numbered R101 to R113 (for the 3-car sets) and R014 to R019 for the 2-car sets, they were manufactured between 1995 and 1996. More precisely, the 2nd batch was built in March 1995 (R101-R105 by Kinki Sharyo and R106-R107 by Kokura Works), the 3rd batch was built between January and March 1996 (R108-R111 and R014-R016 by Kinki Sharyo and R112-R113 by Kokura works) and the 4th batch was built in May 1996 with sets R017-R018 built by Kinki Sharyo and set R019 built by Kokura works.

Batches 5 to 7 are classifed as the -200 subseries and consisted of thirty-six 3-car sets built between 1997 and 1998 to increase the number of avaible trains on the Kagoshima Main Line, particulary between the metropolitan areas Fukuoka and Kitakyushu. These were also intended to replace both the 421 and 715 Serieses. All trains were made by Kinki Sharyo, with the 5th batch (sets R201-R222) built between March and July 1997, the 6th batch (sets R223-R228) built in March 1998 and the 7th batch (sets R229-R236) being completed in September 1998.

The 8th batch consisted of five intermediate cars built by Kinki Sharyo in 2001 for sets R014-R019, wich were to be lenghtened to 3-car sets and transferred to the Fukuhoku-Yutaka line. This line was "created" in 2001 with the electrification of the Sasaguri Line and part of the Chikuho Main Line. The line ran between Hakata and Kurosaki via Keisen and Nogata, acting as a bypass to the busy Kagoshima Main Line. 813 Series trains dedicated for this service were fitted in a dedicated livery, where a dark grey color replaced the pleasant JR Kyushu red on both the front and doors. Mitooka-style "CT" (Commuter Train) yellow stickers were also applied to the bodyshell, on one side of each passenger door. Set R228 from the 6th batch was also repainted and transferred to the Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line at around the same time.

The 9th batch (R301-R303) consisted of three sets built by Kinki Sharyo in 2003. Two of them were intended to increase the number of avaible trains, while the third one was intended to replace 1st batch set R008, wich had been damaged in the 2002 accident and later written off. This set was actually built with as much component as possible salvaged from the withdrawn set R008.

The 10th batch consisted entirely of eight intermediate cars built in 2003 to extend the last remaining -0 series 2-car set to three cars. These cars were numbered 401 to 407 and 409: number 408 was missing as it "destination" set R008 had been already withdrawn for the afromentioned reason.

The 11th batch consisted of three 3-car sets (R1001-R1003) built in 2005 to increase the number of avaible trains. These are designed to be extended to 4-car sets, via the addition of another intermediate car, if the need ever arises. In 2009 sets R1002 and R1003 were repainted and moved to the Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line.

Finally, the last two batches, the 12th and 13th (classified as the -1100 Series) were built between 2007 and 2009 to increase the capacity of the Nippo Main Line. They're nearly identical to the -1000 Series except for the top portion of the front, wich was redesigned to a much more curved shape than other 813 Series trains to fit an enlarged LED destination indicator (derived from the one of the KiHa 200-200 series DMUs built at the same time).
[this version is not present in the pack, as, in all due honesty, i thinks it ruins the well-tought out appearance of the 813 series]


In total, eighty-five sets have been manufactured, for a total of 255 cars, making the 813 Series one of JR Kyushu's largest fleet of electric multiple units. As of today, all sets are still in service (except for R008) and they can be commonly found on the Kagoshima Main Line (up to Kumamoto station), the Nagasaki Line, the Nippo Line and the Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line.

Thanks to their versatility (as they're able to be used in multiple-unit formations not only with their predecessors, the 811 Series, but also with their succerssors, the 815 and 817 Serieses), the 813 Series enjoys an enviable status within JR Kyushu, being one of the company's most famous, recognizable and well liked suburban trains (especially if compared to the rather bland successors, in particular the 817 Series), and depsite the first batch sets now nearing 30 years of age, JR Kyushu has no intention to proceed to a replacement. Instead, like the 811 Series, the 813 Series fleet will very likely undergo a refurbishment program (all the trains have actually remained mostly unchanged since their delivery!), meaning that the 813 Series will remain in service for the forseeable future.
 
And here's the third, and final "additional" train: JR Kyushu's 813 Series!

And with this, after one-and-a-half months of work, 4,78GB of "working folders", countless 3D models, about a hundred individual cars and even more consists - the summer 2021 megapack: "211 Series family and relatives" is now officially complete!

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Covering five passenger JR Companies, seven different serieses and almost all regions of Japan, i'm sure this pack will be useful for many!
Thank you all for your support!

And now, i can officially declare #4 and #7 of the "things i'd like to do for trainz in 2021" as done!

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Too Much thanks AlexMaria. I thank you for making all those nice trains. At the moment you are making them so fast that when I check a series out the next one is there. (That is not a complain :hehe:).

It really looks like Kyushu got some love lately. I have check these Trains out.
 
Found a Youtube Vid of some Tokaido 311 action with added bonus of the now retired (at least retired from the Tokaido Shinkansen) 700 series:

 
Msan what a time for my trainz to be screwing up!! :mad: I really wanted to drive the red and silver one as I drove it alot on Densha De Go!! I guess now would come the resort trains like say the Sonic Wonderland Express and that big green one. Kyushu is finally getting some Trainz Rep!! Really Appreciate your hard work into making these Alexmaria..now if I can only get my game to run them right!! :mad: . Take care!!
 
Hi Railshuttle. I have TS12 still installed on my old Mac and I think also on pc
Maybe if you give the name of the KUID of the faulty Corona I can send a the working one. So you can delete the faulty.
Let me know which KUID it is.
 
It's this one.
corona_red kuid2:38427:21010:2
It was recently modified for trainz 19 and as such I can't run any trains on my trainz 12 that have this kuid in them.
 
@Quraisy_69: Please don't quote pictures posted in another post. It takes up valuable space in the thread as well as causing slow loading on some computers.

Bill
 
Has anyone made those clamp-on wheel stops showing at the bottom of the first picture? They'd come in handy in a lot of spots.

Bill
 
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