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- You are only a
true train buff if...
By Dave Fossett.
- Nagoya City Tram and
Subway Museum
Nagoya once boasted a 108 kms tram network, with 415 cars operating 26
routes. Anthony briefly introduces exhibits of the museum and the
background of the tram and subway of Nagoya.
- Shizuoka
Train Festa
A photo report of the Shizuoka Train Festa, an annual model railway
show, held at the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Centre "Granship".
By Dave Fossett.
- Hiroshima -
Japan's Largest Tramway System
By Oliver Mayer.
- Memory of Old Bullet
Train Tunnel
An episode of the Bullet Train's Nihonzaka Tunnel and its adjoining old
coastal tunnels.
By Hiroshi Naito.
- Fukui Railway
Amazing old trams in Hukuriku
By Oliver Mayer.
- The
Blue Ribbon and Laurel Awards
A brief introduction of two annual awards given to new trains launched
in the year.
By Dave Fossett.
- Survey of
Hokkaido's rolling stock
Hokkaido has always been home to rolling stock not found elesewhere in
Japan.
By Peter Dibben.
- JR Omiya Works Open
Day - 25 May 2002
Dave Fossett's photo report of rolling stock exhibited at JR Omiya
Works on its open day.
- Narrow Gauge
Electrics in Japan
The Kintetsu Hokusei, Utsube and Hachioji Lines.
By Keith Barnes.
- Railway Scenery
One part of attraction of railways is triumphs of civil engineering
such as large scale embankments, deep cuttings, and magnificent
viaducts, making up stunning spectacles.
By Minoru Shinozaki.
- The Kominato
Railway, blessed with cherry blossom
By Kiyohito Utsnomiya.
Brief introduction of a private railway running in a rustic area on the
Boso peninsula near Tokyo.
- The Keihin-Tohoku Line
- Tramways in a Cold
Climate
Hakodate and Sapporo
A travellogue of Hakodate and Sapporo tramways in Hokkaido.
By Colin Brawn.
- Matsumoto Electric
Railway Kamikochi Line
A brief introduction of a private railway running in pure Shinshu
scenery
By Hiroshi Naito.
- September 2001 JRS Japan Members' Excursion to Four Doomed
Meitetsu Lines
By Hiroshi Naito.
- 'Cabbage Patch'
Line
The Choshi Dentetsu in Eastern Chiba Prefecture.
By Colin Brown.
- Railways in Nortern
Kyushu
By Oliver Mayer.
Northern Kyushu is an area with interesting trains. Oliver introduces
the area's rail network and train services in depth.
- Cab Ride at Home
Train simulation software overview,
by Adrian Cybriwsky
- The Final Days of Steam
in Yamatagata Prefecture
Minoru Shinozaki's dear memory of steam.
- JR Rolling Stock
Workshop Open Day
Photo report of the open day of JR Kamakura Rolling Stock Workshop.
By Hiroshi Naito
- Way Out West In Japan
A trip through the westernmost railway station on Matsuura Railway in
Kyushu.
By W. A. Pearce
- HOKURIKU DELIGHTS
Visits to Fukui Interurban and Takaoka Tram.
By Keith Barnes
- Japanese Railway
Ships Page 1
- Japanese Railway
Ships Page 2
This article reports of the history and the background of the railway
ferries once plied the waters around Japan.
By W.A. Pearce
- Feel the Breeze through
the Open Window
A retrospective story of diesel locomotive hauled passenger trains.
By Minoru Shinozaki
- October 2000 JRS Japan
Member's Excursion to Tenyu-Futamata Roundhouse
A report of one of the Japanese Railway Society's regular activities.
By Hiroshi Naito
- New Rail Linkage at
Megro in Tokyo
This must be the hottest news in this decade as to the Tokyo rail
transit network.
By Hiroshi Naito
- About Tsugaru and
Konan Railways
Two private regional railways operate in the northernmost prefecture of
the main Japanese island of Honshu in the Tohoku region.
By By Claude Biname
- Classification System
of JNR (formerly JGR) Locomotives and Rolling Stock by Edward
Talbot
- Meitetsu to Hon-Ibi and
Tanigumi by Anthony Robins
A brief introduction of Nagoya Railway's two branch lines running
veteran tramcars
- Suhafu-32 Old Coach on
Chichibu Railway by Hiroshi Naito
- Farewell Kambara Railway
by Hiroshi Naito
An introductory report of the Kambara Railway in Niigata Prefecture, a
reminder of railways in yesteryear.
- Chance meeting
by Minoru Shinozaki
Minoru Shinozaki's old steam images in monochrome #2.
- Iida Line's Special
"Torokko Family" by Hiroshi Naito
Introduction of a special train hauled by a vintage electric engine on
a rural branch.
- Remembrance of Steam in
Hokkaido in the early 1970s, by Minoru Shinozaki
Minoru Shinozaki's old steam images in monochrome.
- Semaphores on the Kosaka
Railway and JR Hanawa Line, by Hiroshi Naito
Remnants of British signal practice still remain in the northern part
of main island of Japan off the main lines.
- Wooden Roundhouse at
Tenryu-Futamata, by Hiroshi Naito
A photo report of an old roundhouse that still remains on a regional
third sector line in Shizuoka prefecture.
- Skyliner and Narita-Express,
by Oliver Mayer
- At Yokokawa, by
Hiroshi Naito
Yokokawa on the Shinetsu main line, being situated at the bottom of the
steeply grading section over the Usui Pass, has long been a strategical
point with banking locomotives.
- D&RG Passenger Car in
Japan, by Hiroshi Naito
A photo report of a 1900 built wooden passenger car from the U.S. found
in Japan near Tokyo. It is used for an office of a used car business,
but is kept in pretty good shape.
- Differences in Railway
Terminology between America and Britain, by Akira Esaki
Akira Esaki's research on railway terminology with his treasured photos.
- Research on Differences
of Indications between Road Traffic Signals and Railway Signals,
by Akira Esaki
Technical literature about the origin of signaling practices.
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