Issued: October – December 2003
Contents:
- Special issue on Kyushu
- 4000 km in 24 hours in Japan
- Japanese locomotives’ wartime service
- JR Kyūshū Rolling Stock
- Japanese Stations (2): Makurazaki
- Happy Birthday, Shimabara Railway!
- A Railway of Two Halves
- On Japan’s Tallest Railway Bridge
- Book Reviews
- Kyūshū Railway Lines
- Shimabara Railway photographs
- Centre supplement: Kyūshū map, Makurazaki
- Museums (17): Moji-Ko & Kyūshū Railway
- Moji-Ko photos
- Kyūshū photos + ‘Ladies Only’
- Telegraphy andd the Japanese Railways
- New Shinkansen Timetable
- News Update
- Waterfront Lines in Tokyo and London (3): London Docklands
- JRS Sales & Library
- Okinawa’s New Monorail
- Model-In: The Permanent Way (4)
- Model-In: Cab-style controllers
- Model-In: Model Preview
Front cover: Top: 787 series EMU on Ariake service, approaching Kami Kumamoto. Bottom: KiHa185 series DMU on Aso Yufu serice, on the right there’s a 815 class EMU, at Higō Ōzu, on Hōhi Line. Photos by Peter Dibben, taken on JRS Spring Tour 2003