I feel uneasy about 105 Series training car and 209 Series on Keihin-tohoku Line.
105 Series training car was converted from the two carriages of 103 Series used to be in service on Senseki Line. However, its conversion was over 20 years ago and it is said that new comer drivers can't learn driving trains having one handle master controller because it had a old style cab.
209 Series started to be replaced by E233 Series, and some railfans say that some 209 Series would be converted to training car to replace 105 Series. So, if it will be true, two sets of 105 Series training car, at Shin-akitsu and Kurihama, will be scrapped.
105 Series training carriage will be watched by the fans of Urara from "BabyPrincess", but they will be done with different point of view.