Kato - 5077-1 - Passenger Car, Coach, Ohani 36 - Japanese National Railways - 36 14

Specific Item Information: The Oha 35 series is one of the representative passenger car types of the prewar Japanese National Railways, and has mass-produced more than 2,000 cars, which is the largest number of passenger cars in Japan. Introduced in 1939 with a folding wife/dome, a 1-meter-wide cabin window, a TR23 dolly, and a structure that makes heavy use of welding. Production before the war was discontinued in 1942, but when production was resumed after the war, it could be classified as a post-war type due to circumstances such as difficulty in obtaining materials and evolution of construction methods. Appeared in a unique form. Its characteristic is that the round roof is straightened (initially narrowed down) as it is a folded wife, and it has a form located between the general type Oha 35 series and the gable Suha 43 series that will appear later.

Road Name History: Japanese National Railways (日本国有鉄道 Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō), abbreviated Kokutetsu (国鉄) or "JNR", was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
By 1987, JNR's debt was over ¥27 trillion ($280 billion at 2009 exchange rates) and the company was spending ¥147 for every ¥100 earned. By an act of the Diet of Japan, on April 1, 1987 JNR was privatized and divided into seven railway companies, six passenger and one freight, collectively called the Japan Railways Group or JR Group.

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Brand/Importer Information: Kato Precision Railroad Models (関水金属株式会社 Sekisui Kinzoku Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of model railroad equipment in N and HO scales. The Tokyo-based company manufactures models based on Japanese prototypes (such as the Shinkansen bullet train) for the Japanese market, North American prototypes for the North American market and European high-speed trains for European market.
The Kato (pronounced kah-toe) model railroad companies were founded by Yuji Kato, father of current president Hiroshi Kato, of the parent company Sekisui Kinzoku Co., Ltd.

The design and distribution of models for the North American market are handled by their U.S. subsidiary, Kato USA, located in Schaumburg, Illinois.
The design of special models for the European market is handled for some of them by their partner, Lemke, whereas the general distribution of Kato products in Europe is handled by NOCH; both companies are located in Germany.
As a result, some Kato European models are sold as Kato Lemke and others as Kato (alone).