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Japanese Government Railways Horo5500(5500~5506) , Horo5513(5513~5518)

Around 1897, bogie coaches with open decks at both ends and aisles for moving to neighboring coaches began to appear on the Japanese Government Railways. Since there are so many types of these coaches with open decks built around 1897~1907, I plan to publish several types of coaches at once in several mods. This mod is the third one. Two types (Horo5500 and Horo5513) from the Type 5500 and Type 5510 carriages will be treated. (In addition, I will add some types of coaches after modification in the future, but I have not yet decided on a specific date.)

Below is a brief description of the Horo5500 and Horo5513.
○Horo5500 (5500~5506) Type 5500
Second-class bogie passenger car manufactured at the Shimbashi factory. The interior has long seats, and the sides of the car body are similar to those of Hoha6510 and Hoiro5150. The distance between the bogies and the weight of the car seem to have differed between Horo5500~5503 and Horo5504~5506. After the end of the Meiji era, some of the cars were converted to other types, and others changed their appearance by changing their interior and exterior, capacity, and so on.
○Horo5513 (5513~5518) Type 5510
Second-class bogie passenger car manufactured at the Shimbashi factory. The interior of the car has a seating arrangement that combines long seats and booth seats, and the aisle in the center of the car is slanted. Horo 5513, 5515, and 5516 had open decks similar to other cars of the same type, but the structure of the decks of the other cars seems to have been different. During the Taisho era (1912-1926), the capacity was changed. In addition, some cars were converted to other types and renumbered, and by 1920, cars of this type were in the range of Horo 5511~5515 numbers.

~Mod Contents~.
This mod will add a total of 9 passenger car variations, 6 variations of the Horo5500 and 3 variations of the Horo5513, with differences in paint and signage depending on the era. Below is a list of the Horo5500 and Horo5513 variations. Boro4, Boro17, and Robo8 are not type names, but numbers of cars to be added with this mod. Variations from the Late Meiji to Early Taisho era appear up to the year of the first modification, capacity change, etc., in order to be combined with other mods. As for the cars with different deck structure of Horo 5513, I am not producing them at now. If it is possible, we will add it in a future update.

○Horo5500(5500~5506)
Appearance year: 1897~1912
○Boro17(JGR Before Late Meiji era)
Appearance year: 1899~1912
○Boro4(JGR Before Late Meiji era)
Appearance year: 1910~1918
○Horo5500(5500~5503) Late Meiji era ~ Early Taisho era
○Horo5500(5504~5506) Late Meiji era ~ Early Taisho era
Appearance year: 1915~1918
○Horo5500(5504~5506) around 1915~
○Horo5500(5502~5503) around 1915~1918

○Horo5513(5513~5518)
Appearance year: 1900~1912
○Robo8(JGR Before Late Meiji era)
Appearance year: 1910~1921
○Horo5513(5513,5515,5516) Late Meiji era ~ Early Taisho era
Appearance year: 1915~1921
○Horo5513(5513,5515,5516) around 1915~1920


~In game performance~
○Horo5500(5500~5506)
Max speed : 90km/h
Weight : 16.95t(18.39t for Horo5504~Horo5506)
Length(including buffer) : About 16m
Capacity : 32　(The capacity of the coach in my mod is half of actual capacity.)
○Horo5513(5513~5518)
Max speed : 90km/h
Weight : 17.08t
Length(including buffer) : About 16.1m
Capacity : 30

～Caution～
○There are many unknowns about Japanese vehicles of Meiji era. So, I have made my own guesses about the dimensions, colors, and other unknowns. Therefore, the dimensions and shape may differ from the actual car, and some parts may not be reproduced. The maximum speed of the coaches in this mod is the mod creator's guess.
○When installing the mod, please make sure that it works on your own PC and install it at your own risk.
Please understand the above in advance.

-Don’t redistribute the data of this mod without my permission. –

I'm not good at English. I wrote this description with the help of deepl translator. I’m sorry if my English is wrong.

2024/12/17 Updated. Changed the year of appearance of Boro17 to 1897.