From the vault - this month we take a look at scenes that were common place until very recently but are now gone forever.
A 201 series set arriving at Shin-Kiba on the Keiyō Line...
This month's photos are from a recent visit to the Fukushima Rinkai Railway by Hiroshi Naito on 6 July 2013.
The down home signals for Miyashita station.
An outbound container train passes by the home signal...
D 51 498 on the turntable at Minakami. 7 July 2013. Photo: Hiroshi Naito.
The headboard features the Cowherd Star (Hikohoshi) with the lettering of 'SL Retro Tanabata Minakami' on 7 July 2013. Photo: Hiroshi...
The old station front at Ibusuki-Makurazaki. This station has since been demolished and a supermarket now stands on the site. 31 March 2003. Photo: Alex Morley.
A KiHa 47 DMU entering the old platform at...
KiHa 40 series DMU on a local service at Goshogawara on JR East's Gono Line on 26 May 2013. In the background an ex-JNR KiHa 20 series DMU
can be seen in the yard of...
Our veteran's have completed their annual pilgramage, here's a few photographs from the tour.
A class 683 with Thunderbird 31, the 16:42 Osaka - Toyama near Mukomachi as it approaches Kyoto. 17/05/2013.
Kuroshio 14, the 08:37...
As our veteran's prepare for their annual pilgramage this month in Western Kyushu, here's a few photographs from the area taken last year that the group will focus on.
A two car KiHa 47 DMU...
Tosa Electric Railway cars 201 & 202 at the terminus at Sanbashi-dori-gochome on 22/09/2009.
Sapporo Tramway cars pass on the curve near the depot 'Densha-Jigyosho-Mae' on 08/02/2010.
Toyohashi Tramway car 3102 near the Ihara stop on...