Issued: November 2025
Contents
Editorial, Chairman’s Chat ······················ 3-4
News Update ·········································· 5
KiHa 126 and KiHa 121··························· 13
Along Hankyū Lines ······························· 16
A Day out at the Kinuura Coastal Railway ····· 18
110 Years of Nagasaki Streetcars ················ 26
Hisatsu Sen Again·································· 29
Freight Power Four Years On ···················· 32
An Unusual Spotting Place ······················· 34
A Trip on the Kintetsu ‘Raku’ ···················· 35
Hokkaidō Bound, Rail Most of the Way! ······· 38
Railway Beers (2) and a Railway Sake ·········· 44
Model-In: Model Railway Exhibition
at Tokyo Big Sight ··················· 45
Front cover: Kinuura Rinkai Railway’s KD58-1 with a flyash/limestone train passing through Akashi Park in Hekinan City (see pages 18-25). Photo: John Cowburn, 21st May 2025.