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- Chōshū Five Sesquicentennary
A brief report covering event in which the JRS participated in
co-operation with the Japanese Embassy in London, by Richard Tremaine.
- The
Blue Ribbon and Laurel Awards
A brief introduction of two annual awards given to new trains launched
in the year
- Classification System
of JR Group (formerly JNR/JGR) Locomotives and Rolling Stock
by Edward
Talbot
- The JRS at Japan Day
in Liverpool 2013
A brief photo report of our stand at this exhibition, by Anthony Leith
- Hiroshima -
Japan's Largest Tramway System
By Oliver Mayer.
- Memory of Old Bullet
Train Tunnel
An episode of the Bullet Train's Nihonzaka Tunnel and its adjoining old
coastal tunnels.
By Hiroshi Naito.
- Fukui Railway
Amazing old trams in Hokuriku
By Oliver Mayer
- Survey of
Hokkaido's rolling stock
Hokkaido has always been home to rolling stock not found elesewhere in
Japan.
By Peter Dibben.
- Railway Scenery
One part of attraction of railways is triumphs of civil engineering
such as large scale embankments, deep cuttings, and magnificent
viaducts, making up stunning spectacles.
By Minoru Shinozaki.
- The Kominato
Railway, blessed with Sakura
By Kiyohito Utsnomiya.
Brief introduction of a private railway running in a rustic area on the
Boso peninsula near Tokyo.
- The Keihin-Tohoku Line
By Hiroshi Naito.
- Tramways in a Cold
Climate
Hakodate and Sapporo
A travellogue of Hakodate and Sapporo tramways in Hokkaido.
By Colin Brown.
- Matsumoto Electric
Railway Kamikochi Line
A brief introduction of a private railway running in pure Shinshu
scenery
By Hiroshi Naito.
- Excursion to Four Doomed
Meitetsu Tanigumi, Ibi, Yaotsu & Takehana Lines in September 2001
By Hiroshi Naito
- 'Cabbage Patch'
Line
The Choshi Dentetsu in Eastern Chiba Prefecture.
By Colin Brown.
- Railways in Nortern
Kyushu
By Oliver Mayer.
Northern Kyushu is an area with interesting trains. Oliver introduces
the area's rail network and train services in depth.
- Cab Ride at Home
Train simulation software overview,
by Adrian Cybriwsky
- The Final Days of Steam
in Yamatagata Prefecture
Minoru Shinozaki's dear memory of steam.
- JR Rolling Stock
Workshop Open Day
Photo report of the 2000 open day of JR Kamakura Rolling Stock Workshop & 1999 Oi workshop open day
By Hiroshi Naito
- Way Out West In Japan
A trip through to western-most railway station on Matsuura Railway in
Kyushu.
By W. A. Pearce
- Hokuriku Delights
Visits to Fukui Interurban and Takaoka Tram.
By Keith Barnes
- Japanese Railway
Ships
This article reports of the history and the background of the railway
ferries once plied the waters around Japan.
By W.A. Pearce
- Feel the Breeze through
the Open Window
A retrospective story of diesel locomotive hauled passenger trains.
By Minoru Shinozaki
- October 2000 JRS Japan
Member's Excursion to Tenyu-Futamata Roundhouse
A report of one of the Japanese Railway Society's regular activities.
By Hiroshi Naito
- New Rail Linkage at
Meguro in Tokyo
An article on the Tokyu Railway's Meguro Line around the time of its
opening in 2000.
By Hiroshi Naito
- About Tsugaru and
Konan Railways
Two private regional railways operate in the northernmost prefecture of
the main Japanese island of Honshu in the Tohoku region.
By Claude Biname
- Meitetsu to Hon-Ibi and
Tanigumi by Anthony Robins
A brief introduction of Nagoya Railway's two branch lines running
veteran tramcars
- Suhafu-32 Old Coach on
Chichibu Railway
by Hiroshi Naito
- Farewell Kambara Railway
by Hiroshi Naito
An introductory report of the Kambara Railway in Niigata Prefecture, a
reminder of railways in yesteryear.
- Chance meeting
by Minoru Shinozaki
Minoru Shinozaki's old steam images in monochrome #2.
- Iida Line's Special
"Torokko Family" by Hiroshi Naito
Introduction of a special train hauled by a vintage electric engine on
a rural branch.
- Remembrance of Steam in
Hokkaido in the early 1970s, by Minoru Shinozaki
Minoru Shinozaki's old steam images in monochrome.
- Semaphores on the Kosaka
Railway and JR Hanawa Line, by Hiroshi Naito
Remnants of British signal practice still remain in the northern part
of main island of Japan off the main lines.
- Wooden Roundhouse at
Tenryu-Futamata, by Hiroshi Naito
A photo report of an old roundhouse that still remains on a regional
third sector line in Shizuoka prefecture.
- Skyliner and Narita-Express
by Oliver Mayer
- At Yokokawa by
Hiroshi Naito
Yokokawa on the Shinetsu main line, being situated at the bottom of the
steeply grading section over the Usui Pass, was long a strategical
point with banking locomotives. Written just before this section was abandoned in 1997.
- D&RG Passenger Car in
Japan, by Hiroshi Naito
A photo report of a 1900 built wooden passenger car from the U.S. found
in Japan near Tokyo. It is used for an office of a used car business,
but is kept in pretty good shape
- Narrow Gauge
Electrics in Japan
The Kintetsu Hokusei, Utsube and Hachioji Lines
By Keith Barnes
- You are only a
true railfan if...
By former JRS member Dave Fossett
- Shizuoka
Train Festa
A photo report of the Shizuoka Train Festa, an annual model railway
show, held at the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Centre "Granship". By former JRS Member Dave Fossett
- JR Omiya Works Open
Day - 25 May 2002
Dave Fossett's photo report of rolling stock exhibited at JR Omiya
Works on its open day.
- Photo's
from 1999, by Hiroshi Naito
A collection of old photos from the
first 3 months of 1999.
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