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- 2004 September
- 2004 May
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- 2004 February:
- 2003 November:
- 2003 September:
- Nagoya City Tram and
Subway Museum
Nagoya once boasted a 108 kms tram network, with 415 cars operating 26 routes.
Anthony Robins briefly introduces exhibits of the museum and the background
of the tram and subway of Nagoya.
- 2003 July:
- 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.
- 2003 April:
- 2003 March:
- 2003 January:
- 2002 December:
- 2002 September:
- 2002 August:
- 2002 July:
- 2002 May:
- 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.
- 2002 April:
- 2002 March:
- 2002 February:
- 2002 January:
- 2001 November:
- September 2001 JRS Japan Members' Excursion to Four Doomed Meitetsu
Lines
By Hiroshi Naito.
- 2001 October:
- 2001 September:
- 2001 August:
- 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.
- 2001 July:
- 2001 June:
- 2001 May:
- Toyohashi Tramway
Toyohashi is a medium sized city on the Tokaido Shinkansen, where a tramway
is still in service. The tram system there is rather simple, but peacefully
running fairly old tramcars will attract you. By Hiroshi Naito
- 2001 April:
- 2001 March:
- Way Out West In Japan
A trip through the westernmost railway station on Matsuura Railway in Kyushu.
By W. A. Pearce
- 2001 February:
- 2001 January:
- 2000 December:
- 2000 November:
- 2000 Octber:
- 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
- 2000 September:
- 2000 August:
- 2000 July:
- 2000 June:
- The Toyko Subway Museum
An introduction of Tokyo Subway Museum. It is not as well-known as the Transportation
Museum, but more than worth the visit.
By Marcel van Dijk
- STEAM in JAPAN updated
New additions are Suzuran Go and Banetsu Monogatari Go.
By Anthony Robins
- 2000 May:
- 2000 April:
- 2000 March:
- 2000 February:
- Railwaymen
Minoru Shinozaki's steam memory in monochrome.
- 2000 January:
- 1999 December:
- 1999 November:
- Panorama Cars in Japan
by Oliver Mayer
Look through the front window and feel like a train driver while sitting comfortably
in your seat! That's the best way to experience the Japanese rail system.
- 1999 October:
- 1999 September:
- Usui Pass Revisited
by Naoaki Okada
A report of a visit to the rail theme park, Usui Pass Railway Monument Park,
newly opened at Yokokawa in April this year.
- 1999 August:
- A Fine Autumn Day at
Yokokawa, 1996 by Minoru Shinozaki
Minoru Shinozaki's memorial story of the Yokokawa-Karuizawa section abandoned
as the result of the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen.
- 1999 July:
- Farewell Kambara Railway
by Hiroshi Naito
An introductory report of the Kambara Railway in Niigata Prefecture, a reminder
of railways in yestyear.
- The Photo Gallery #1
section is updated with a photo image of a vintage streamlined electric locomotive
EF551.
- The Photo Gallery #3
section is updated with two photo images of exsiting towers (signal boxes).
- 1999 June:
- 1999 May: The Japanese Railway Society Homepage has been entitrely
reformed.
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