Issued: August 2025
Contents
Editorial, Chairman’s Chat ······················ 3-5
News Update ·········································· 6
‘Alice’ Concept at the Osaka Kansai Expo ····· 13
The First Railway in Japan: British Connections,
Edmund Morel and A Romantic Story ····· 14
JR West Series 125 ································ 16
JR Kyūshū’s Y-DC KiHa 125 Diesel Car ······ 18
The KiHa 40 Family ······························· 22
Highlights from Our Trip to Japan in November/
December 2024 ······························· 26
Film Review: Shinkansen Daibakuha ··········· 32
A Japanese Railway Book I Love
C52・C53 The echo of three cylinders ··· 33
Useful Websites for Trainspotters (1):
4-gōsha Freight Train Timetable ·········· 34
The Kyoto Railway Museum ····················· 36
‘Zoom’ Video Show ······························· 39
Sayonara Hiroshima Eki: Hiroden’s Tram Terminal
at Hiroshima Station ·························· 40
Trainspotting from Kiyosu Castle ··············· 43
Model-In: Granship ‘Trainfesta’ in Shizuoka ·· 44
Model-In: Nagoya Model Railroad Club (5) ··· 45
Front cover: ‘Wonderful Dreams’ Disney Shinkansen on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, with Mount Ōyama in the background. 18th March 2025. Photo: Billy Bunda.