Issued: February 2026
Contents
Editorial, Chairman’s Chat, Letters ················ 3
News Update ·········································· 6
Book Review: Shinkansen Books ················ 14
KiHa 127 and KiHa 122 DMUs ·················· 16
Type 127 EMU ····································· 18
Centenary of the Yamanote Line ················· 20
Hiroden’s New Hiroshima Eki Terminal ······· 24
Tokyo Rinkai Line Has Introduced
its New Type 71 Train ······· 29
Japanese Trains at Work Abroad –
THN, NKF and ATR Railcars in Thailand ··· 32
The JNR Series 581/583 Sleepers················ 35
Meiji Era Locomotives ···························· 38
‘The Cutest Bullet Train’ Soon to Bow Out ···· 44
Model-In: Nagoya Model Railroad Club (6) ··· 47
Front cover: The new Rinkai Line type 71 train on a service extending to the Saikyō Line, which ends and soon returns, at Musashi-Urawa, as seen on 21st November 2025. Photo: Billy Bunda. (See also pages 29-31.)