Photos of the Month
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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This month we take a look at a few scenes from the recent past which were once common but are now just a memory.
All photos by Anthony Leith
A blue liveried 201 series unit was...
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Earlier this year as part of the March Daiya Kaisei, the Ueno-Tokyo Line opened which consititutes the re-establishment of the Tōhoku Main Lines between Ueno & Tōkyō Stations. These lines were abandoned as a...
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This month we take a look at JR East's newest and the most northerly steam hauled excursion service in Japan, the SL Ginga. All runs are operated by JNR locomotive C58 239 & 4...