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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...
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Issued: January 2025
Contents:
* Diary Dates, Editorial, Members' Publications, Chairman’s Chat
* News Update
* Enlivened by Retro Liveries
* The Semboku Rapid Railway
* Railfanning in Taiwan 1970-71
* All Change at Chiryu (8)
* Highlights from Our Trip to...
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Issued: October 2024
Contents:
* Editorial, Chairman’s Chat, Shop
* News Update
* The Tōkaidō Shinkansen at 60
* A Tale of Two Cities
* Astram Line in Hiroshima
* Enkōbashi-chō Tram Stop
* Hitachinaka Seaside Railway
* In Search of Lunch
* Kansai...
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Issued: August 2024
Contents:
* Editorial, Chairman's Chat, Shop
* News Update
* Bill Pearce
* Geibi Line in Danger, Is There Any Hope?
* Similarities and Contrasts by a First-Timer
* Reflections
* Series 121 EMUs
* 99 Years Tōkaidō Line at...
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Issued: April 2024
Contents:
* Editorial, Chairman's Chat, Shop
* News Update
* An Opinion about Clock-Face Schedules
* Timetable Matters (9)
* Hydrogen Train Hybari FV-E991 on Trial
* JR East’s KiHa E120 Series
* JR West’s KiHa 120 Series
* KiHa...
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Issued: February 2024
Contents:
* Editorial, Chairman's Chat, Shop
* News Update
* Type 119 EMUs
* JRS December 2023 Meeting
* Autumn Travel on the Suigun Line
* Limestone to Nippon Steel, Nagoya
* Himeji Municipal Monorail – Exploring the Remains
*...
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Issued: November 2023
Contents:
* Editorial, Chairman's Chat, Shop
* News Update
* Notes from a First Time Disabled Traveller
* The Opening of Utsunomiya Light Rail
* ‘Tram 17, Where are you?’ The Mystery of a Narrow Gauge Kyōto...
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Issued: August 2023
Contents:
* Editorial, Chairman's Chat, Shop
* Obituary: Mark Veneman
* News Update
* Book Review: Japan’s Railways
* Tōkyū and Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Lines
* Yokohama City Tramway (2): Rolling Stock
* Type 117 EMUs
* JR Stock Coming and...