NEKOYA LINE BY TOMYTEC Sunrise in the East

The Japanese manufacturer Tomytec produces, in 1/80 scale, a narrow gauge railway range called Nekoya Line. A fictitious company strongly inspired by the real thing.

Text and illustrations: François Fontana

The post delivered a fine box containing the locomotive, a bogie tank wagon and a length of track. Tomytec’s latest narrow gauge reference. SIMPLE AND WELL DESIGNED On the box, a cartouche indicates the scale and the track gauge, another reminds buyers that a driving chassis is required as well as metal axles with insulated wheels. Inside the box is a 4-wheeler electric locomotive with a pantograph, fitted to a non-motorized chassis with injected plastic axles. The driving chassis (ref. TM-TR07) replaces the plastic chassis supplied, it features strips of ballast. The tank wagon is fitted with Archbar type bogies with plastic axles, which can be replaced by those in set TT-03R, to be ordered separately. A length of injected plastic track, for displaying the engine, is included in the…

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