Issued: July 2026
Contents
Editorial, Chairman’s Chat, Letters ················ 3
Great Japanese Railway Journeys ·················· 5
News Update ·········································· 7
The JRS Presented an HO Layout
at Shizuoka Granship ············ 14
Type 129 EMUs ···································· 16
Notes on the History of
Kyoto Narrow Gauge Trams ····· 18
Three Meiji Locomotives ························· 22
Japan’s Influence on Taiwan Railways ········· 26
The Hōjō Railway ·································· 33
IC Card Applied Blocking System
on the Hōjō Railway ·············· 38
Two New Tōkaidō Line
Trainspotting Sites in Tokyo ···· 40
The Tokyo Monorail – Serious Transport ······ 42
Model-In: Shizuoka Granship Train Festa ······ 46
Trains at the Nagoya Science Museum ········· 47
Front cover: Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden) new series 700EMU have been in service since April 2026. Car 702 is seen on 10th May 2026 near Kamakura-Kōkō-mae station. Photo by Billy Bunda.