The Blue Train Series 20 Limited Express Sleeper Passenger Train, which remains in Japan's railway history, was launched for the limited express "Asakaka" in October 1958 when Japan entered a period of rapid growth. Series 20 adopts a fixed knitting system that was not seen in passenger cars so far, complete cooling and heating of fixed windows on all vehicles, improved riding comfort using air spring bogies, appearance of power supply vehicles that supply electricity to each vehicle With a shocking content, it was popular as an epoch-making train at the time, connecting Tokyo and Hakata in the 17-hour period.
The car's exterior with a curved surface and the rounded body show exquisite harmony, and the flowing lines created by the three bands of cream arranged in the blue body color create a more modernized image I was raising it.
Limited express "Asakaze" series 20 is very popular and nicknamed "Blue Train", and its existence is immovable as a pioneer of the limited express sleeper train following "Sakura", "Hayabusa", "Mizuho" and "Izumo" It was made.