Photo of the Month Special
This month sees a collection of photos by Dave Fossett and Hiroshi Naito showing the great variety of rolling stock that can be seen in Japan today, from modern shinkansen...
The Aichi Loop Line’s first generation of trains was its type 100 introduced when it opened after the former JNR Okata Line was taken over and extended. It is seen passing the line’s depot...
This month a strong Nagoya flavour with two different Meitetsu trains.
First a 8800 class 'Panorama DX' unit, now withdrawn and second a
'Linimo' Maglev train for a new urban system. Later there will be an...
The Hankai tramway in the south of Osaka and Sakai provides a great atmosphere with its mixture of street running and reserved sections. Its type 161 was constructed in the late 1920s. 167 is...
Two Fukui Railway cars make their way along the stub connecting its network with Fukui Station on 23rd May 1998. They were its type 80 which were renewed with new Nippon Sharyo bodies and...
2114, originally a Hanshin type 5231 car, itselfrebuilt with a new body from Nankai’s type 1201, is seen at Fukuiguchi on 24th May 1998. It was one of fourteen such cars operated by Keifuku...
D51 498 at Takasaki station with a rake of 12 series coaches on a driver-training run prior to summer steam operations.
Photo taken on August 12th 2004 by Dave Fossett
JR East's E491 series "East i_E"...
Type 0 and 100 series shinkansen cars can be seen under maintenance at JR Tokai’s workshops at Hamamatsu while an open day was taking place . The original 0 series cars started operation in...