Station Master Tama’s Train Commence Service
Last month, we took a sneak peek at Station Master Tama’s train. Now the train has commenced service and it seems to be very popular with the Japanese parents who are bringing their kids to check out the ride..
Local residents and railway fans flocked to Idakiso Station in Wakayama for Saturday’s launch of the two-car Tama Train. The train, which departed from Idakiso Station at 3:57 p.m., ran the eight or so kilometers to Wakayama Station, with Tama aboard in the driver’s cabin.
The train is adorned with 101 types of illustrations of Tama. Over 10 million yen was donated for its renovation.
There is also the small Tama Library on the train, where a collection of cat photo books is available.
Source: Japan Probe
Wohoo neko paradise. To make it even more successful, I think they should just have losta cats on the train.
Is this like a crazy persons train, perhaps a spinsters only train? In my opinion there was only 1 good form of public transport shaped/themed like a cat and that was the cat-bus thing in My Neighbour Totoro
Dam that was an awesome film
when this train accidentally KILLS the cat in question…i wont hold back the lolz, im sorry japan…… my cat climbed amongst my pvc display last night, i had to fix yuki nagato(mini nendoroid), school rumble blonde chick whose name escapes me, my lupin diorama and my street fighter freebee figs from sf4!