Ryu Takahashi

Issued:  October 1998 Contents: A note from our president Kyoto wanderings Trainspotting Danger overhead live wires (2) M: Modelling a JR West class 419 EMU Video review Front cover: Kyoto, Hankyu (top) and Keihan (bottom) trains.

Issued:  July 1998 Contents: Karafuto Oigawa Railway (2) Japanese National Railways: Facts & Figures Two Tokyo Tramways. Plus two tram museums & some subways A trip by 'Shirasagi' Danger overhead live wires (1) Front Cover: Oigawa...

Issued:  April 1998 Contents: Hideo Shima The Introduction of Western Technology into Japan and its representation in Traditional Japanese Woodblock Prints (2) Railway-Photographing in Japan Oigawa Railway (1) Guided Trains M: Layout Ideas Model-In: The...

Issued:  January 1998 Contents: Kobe Earthquake Facts and Figures about Japanese Railways Berlin and the Japanese Railways The Chichibu Railway Farewell to "Roku-San", the Sherpa of the Pass M: Introducing Hokuriku Honsen Model-In: Relationships to...

Issued:  October 1997 Contents: Series 500 Shinkansen Spotting Important Personalities of Japanese Railway History Virtual Trains The Introduction of Western Technology into Japan and its representation in Traditional Japanese Woodblock Prints (1) The First Railway...

Issued:  June 1997 Contents: Train Types Japanese Front Cab Design 1971-1991 (3) Blue Ribbon and Laurel Prize The Sabo Plant NG Railway The International High-Speed Railway Conference 1997 Shinkansen- and Maglev-news Model-In: Modelling Japanese freight...

Issued:  March 1997 Contents: Japan's First Locomotive? Japanese Railfreight (2) Journeys on JNR 1946/47 The Origins of the Usui Tôge Rack Railway in Japan, 1885-1894 Japan and the American Connection: The First Model Railway in...

Issued:  December 1996 Contents: Protection of rural lines Memories on the National Railway A New Japanese Preservation Site Tokyo Monorail Extension Japanese Railfreight (1) Special Yokohama Line Trains Steam Shed Nostalgia Japanese Railway Front Cab...