Issued: August 2016
Contents:
- Diary Dates, Editorial, Letters
- Chairman’s Chat
- Fukui & Echizen Railway Developments
- Last Days of the Cassiopeia
- Gotemba Line
- Shuzen Romney Railway
- Japan’s Railways, Lessons for the UK
- 18 000 kms on JR
- Hokkaidō Shinkansen 1st impressions
- A Crowded Train & Kurama
- Model-in
- An American & her Bucket List
Front cover: Echizen Railway Station at Washikuza-Haribara. The southbound Echizen Rwy train on the left is on the Mikuni-Awara Line & is headed for Fukui from Mikuni. On the right is Echizen’s new ‘Ki-Bo’ LRV #L-01 on the recently constructed stub-end track at the new low level covered platform. The station is the northern terminus of the Echizen-Fukutetsu through service to Echizen-Takefu . 25th May 2016. Photo: Mike Joynt.