- Editorial, Letters & E-mails
- Diary Dates, Sales & Wants
- Chairman's Chat
- News Update
- Toyama Light Rail Opens
- The EF58 History
- Some EF58 Anecdotes
- EF58: The Current Fleet Status
- Photgraphing the Shinkansen (Part 2) - Fukuyama and Tokuyama
- The Class 485 EMU Story
- A Trio of Train Trips in Nagano and Gunma Prefectures.
- Japanese Rail Museums (Part 21) - Sapporo City Transporttion Museum
- Book Review
- DVD Review
- JRS Shop and Library
- Model-In: Machinami Buildings and Del Prado Locomotives of the World
- M.G. Sharp Advertisement
Front cover: Top: A 115 series EMU on the JR Chuo Line near Katsunume-budokyo, April 2004
Bottom: A spring special train on the Tarumi Tetsudō Line hauled by TDE102, a former JR DE10, in April 2004. Tour participants always ask for this renowned season. Both photosby Kiyohito Utsunomiya