Issued: April – June 2001
Contents:
- Rail Museums (11): Rail and Coal Museums in Northern Kyushu
- Northern Kyushu Railway Operations
- Rail Restaurants (2): Spaghetti Factory in Naogya
- A Japanese Rail Marathon, by Electric, Steam and Diesel Power
- The Final Days of Steam in Yamagata Prefecture
- The Cabbage Patch Line – Choshi Dentetsu
- The Gannichi Line (Nishikigawa Tetsudo)
- The (Rail) Road to the Distant North
- Cab Ride at home: train simulation software
- Model-In: Kato or Tomix for Series 500
Front cover: C57-1 of Umekoji depot (summer regular of Yamaguchi Sen) approaches Sakata (north of Maibara) with early season Kita Biwako Ichi-Go 10 February 2001. Photo by David L. Jackson (top)
Servicing D51 498 at Minakami depot, timetabled train # 9735, 10:00 from Takasaki, arriving at Minakami 12:00. Connects to Tokyo Ueno train # 97333 deptarting 07:29. Photo by Richard Tremaine, October 1997 (bottom)