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November 2015

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...

October 2015

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...

September 2015

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...

August 2015

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...

July 2015

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...

June 2015

This month's photos depict rail activities in the Tōhoku area during Golden Week in early May. All photos: Anthony Robins On 3rd May 2015 we see Minmaya, the terminus of the Tsugaru Line which is right...

May 2015

Until recently, JR West has been an operator that had a preference for overhauled JNR stock instead of new equipment. With orders for new stock on the Ōsaka Loop Line now in place, we...

April 2015

This months photo's are a mixed selection from the collection of JRS member Makoto Onouchi. Izu-Hakone ED32 & ED33 on the Sunzu-Line between Mishima-Futsukamachi & Daiba Stations with Mt Fuji in the background. 25/01/2015 ED32 &...

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