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Photos of the Month
November 2000
Dual voltage (1.5 KVDC and 20 KVAC) locomotive EF 8181, type EF81, at Shinagawa station. This equipment is specially assigned in its role to the haulage of Sapporo-link limited express Cassiopeia.
By Hiroshi Naito, April...
Photos of the Month
October 2000
Kiha 58 diesel railcars carried over from the formar national railway is still in service in Kyushu, at Bungo-Mori on the Kyudai Main Line.
By an anonymous JRS member, May 2000.
This sleek EMU is a...
Photos of the Month
September 2000
JR Kyushu's class 787 Tsubame that has been serving the Kagoshima Main Line's limited expresses since 1992 between Hakata/Fukuoka and West-Kagoshima (Tsubame), Hakata/Fukuok and Sizenji/Kumamoto (Ariake). This type was innovative with its specially designed...
Photos of the Month
August 2000
Seibu Railway series 3000 pulling in Kodaira station on its Shinjuku line. The Seibu Railway serves the northwestern part downtown Tokyo with its commuter trains fleet including this type, with two major terminus at...
Photos of the Month
July 2000
Series 205 of the Sagami Line. This EMU is a derivative of the 205 series of the Yamanote Line in Tokyo. The Sagami Line, Chigasaki on the Tokaido Main Line to Hashimoto on the...
Photos of the Month
June 2000
115 class EMU train in its Niigata livery in local service, taken at Echigo-Ishiyama on the Shinetsu Main Line.
By Hiroshi Naito, May 1999.
One of Meitetsu's 3500 set between Inuyama and Tomioka-Mae on the Hiromi...
Photos of the Month
May 2000
Toyohashi Electric Railway 3106 in Totohashi city. This tramcar is ex-Nagoya city type 1400, built in 1943.
By Anthony Robins, February 2000.
JR East type 485 in Biba-Aizu service running between Aizu-Wakamatsu and Koriyama along the...
Photos of the Month
April 2000
Yotei-maru, an ex-JNR railway ferry preserved at Tokyo Maritime Museum. This railway ferry boat used to serve the Aomori-Hakodate route on the Seikan Channel until the Seikan Tunnel opened in 1987. On the viaduct...