72038 EF15 Electric Locomotive (latest style, JoEtsu area) w/Sound EF56 Nearly one-third of all units

Nearly one-third of all units were sent abroad by the end of World War II and never returned

please use #72037(Quantum System™ Equipped Model)

headmark are LED lighting

the ED46 was the first mainline electric locomotive to use a single-motor per axle configuration

Initially assigned to Niigata depot and later Niitsu depot

72038 EF15 Electric Locomotive (latest style, JoEtsu area) w/Sound EF56 Nearly one-third of all unitsEquipped with the Quantum System, this model can produce sound even when operated with a non digital power supply controller. The 15th batch, equipped with cold resistant features such as snow plows, whistle covers, and defrosters, was deployed in Takasaki, Nagaoka, and East Niigata, and serves as the prototype. The roof is painted black (from entering Omiya Works), and the pantograph is the lightweight PS15 model, with an LA15 lightning arrester