Ryu Takahashi

JR Shikoku DMUs This month we take a look at the diverse range of Diesel Multiple Units operated on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's home islands. Most of JR Shikoku's network is unelectrified with the exception...

A local Interlude at Matsumoto This month we take a look at local trains that operate in the Matsumoto area of Nagano Prefecture. All Photos: Nick Harling, taken 14th May 2014 An E211 has just arrived at...

Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line The Yokohama subway is overshadowed by its northern neighbour of Tōkyō with its two subway systems. However, the Yokohama subway is vital to Japan’s second-largest city. The system has two...

Isumi Railway The Isumi Railway’s KiHa 28 2346 retired on 27th November 2022. Built in 1964, it spend most of its life around Yonago and later Toyama. It was taken over by the Isumi Railway...

Asahikawa Asahikawa is the northern limit of JR Hokkaidō’s Hakodate Main Line, which features Ltd Express service to Sapporo. It is also reportedly Japan's coldest city. This month we take a look at rolling stock in...

Japan's Railways at 150 years On the 14th of this month, the Japanese Railways commemorate 150 years since the opening of the first railway line in the country from the Old Shimbashi Station to Yokohama...

Kenekimura This month we take a look at JRS member Nick Harling's N gauge layout "Kenekimura" which is based on the Iida Line in the late 70s/early 80s. All Photos: Nick Harling A Kumoha 42 passes across...

Close Encounters of the Third Generation HIDA JRS member Kiyoshi Jinno has shared some photographs contrasting the existing Ki Ha 85 DMU Limited Express sets and their replacement stock, the HC85 Series Diesel Electric Multiple...