- Editorial, Letters & E-mails, Diary Dates
- Chairman's Chat, Niigata Earthquake
- News Update
- Autumn 2004, Timetable Revision
- Sandankyō Branch - Onward from the Kabe Line
- Super Hitachi Operations
- I rode the Shinkansen 800
- Ōsaka - Tōkyō: More Variation
- It Could Only Happen In Japan?
- High Speed in Taiwan
- Ralways in Art - Inventing the Modern
- The Iwakunni Denki Kidō
- A Profile of the D52
- Railway Signalling: Interlocking
- JRS Shop and Library
- Book Review
- Model-In: members letters & comment
- Model shops: Japan Model Railways & M.G. Sharp
Front cover: Top: 700 series in classic 'Fuji-San' position Logo 'AMBITIOUS JAPAN' is part of a government campaign to encourage more inward tourism. View during winter 2003 / 2004 Photo by Hiroshi Naito
Bottom: Reviewd JR Freight livery for EF64-1000 undergoing life extension refurbishment. Photo by Dave Fossett