Issued: April 2025
Contents
Editorial, Chairman’s Chat ······················ 3-4
Members’ Newsflash ································ 5
Obituary: Rod Smith ································· 6
Hiroshi Suda 1931–2025 ···························· 8
News Update ········································ 10
Obituary: Akira Shirai (1927–2025)··············· 6
Travels in Japan and a Detour to Vietnam ······ 20
Mizune Line and Okutama Hike ················· 24
The Four Local Lines in Fukui ··················· 26
Timetable Matters (10) ···························· 29
Ōigawa Railway’s New Dining Car ············ 30
Ekiben: Train-related Japanese Food Culture ·· 32
Freight Lines and Trains in Kawasaki City ···· 37
JRS Japan’s Year-end Acivity···················· 40
Nagoya Model Railroad Club (4) ················ 43
Model-In: Japanese Models for the
North American Market ························ 44
Model-In: A Brief History of Tenshodo ········ 46
Front cover: Keifuku Electric Railroad’s first MoBo1 ‘Kyotram’ at Narutaki on its Kitano Line, on the second day of service on 1st March 2025. Photo: Anthony Robins.