KUMORONEHAFUwhat? Japanese Rail Car Nomenclature

クモハE230? ホキ800? オロネフ24? Japanese rail cars are classified using a katakana coding system. The following two links will help you crack that code: Wikipedia’s guide to the katakana and Plaza Japan’s excellent guide to rail car nomenclature.

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