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Photos of the Month
May 2016
This month we continue our look at the tramways in the Kansai from the collection of Oliver Mayer. This collection comes from a visit to the Hankai Tramway in Southern Ōsaka.
All taken on 8th...
Photos of the Month
April 2016
This month takes a look at the Randen (Keifuku) tramway in Kyōto from the collection of Oliver Mayer.
Car 2001 on the Yamato parcel charter train, taken at Arashiyama station, 10th July 2015.
Car 632 at...
Photos of the Month
March 2016
This month takes a look at the Eizan Railway in Kyōto from the collection of Oliver Mayer.
First, 815 & 816 at Iwakura, 30th November 2015. This train has “komorebi” livery (literally: “sunshing filtering through...
Photos of the Month
February 2016
New Transport Systems around Nagoya from the collection of Oliver Mayer.
The Linimo is a magnetic-levitated train, running between Fujigaoka (subway terminal) in Nagoya city and Yakusa (connection to the Aichi Loop Railway) in Toyota...
Photos of the Month
January 2016
It's been a while since we've looked at monorails on our photo's of the month. We get 2016 going with a selection from Oliver Mayer of monorails past & present in the Nagoya area.
Meitetsu’s...
Photos of the Month
December 2015
Kumamoto Dentetsu were the final operators of the former Tōkyū 'Green Frogs' (officially known as the Tōkyū 5000 series) which finished service in Kumamoto in September of this year. These famous sets concluded service...
Photos of the Month
November 2015
Our photo's this month are all from the Kyōto area from the collection of Oliver Mayer.
Kyōto City Tram Square (Shiden Hiroba) within Umekōji Park, close to Umekōji Railway Museum. A total of 8 former...
Photos of the Month
October 2015
Tōkyō Metro Marunouchi Line, leaving Yotsuya station in central Tōkyō. The series 02 was introduced in 1988, this set was built in 1994. It is similar to the Ginza line’s series 01, which is...