I'd been alerted that the oldest operational vehicle in Japan would be operating over Golden Week on the Hankai Tramway in Osaka. It's a Mo161 couldn't resist checking it out as they usually don't run during summer due to a lack of air-con... I arrived at Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae via the Osaka Loop Line and didn't have […]| modelrail.otenko
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I'd seen concept art for a new vehicle on this railway and had decided that I should visit it this trip since, well, it's been about a decade! I'm always preferring the trip-up-the-hill with the Eizan Dentetsu rather than the stroll-through-the-suburbs with Keifuku Electric Railroad (Randen)... but I couldn't resist seeing this new unit in […]| modelrail.otenko
I'd spent the night in Hiroshima, but was off early the next morning I shot off to Kurashiki, just in time to get to a Hard-Off at opening-o-clock. Check this thing that was on the shelf? A Yamaha floppy-disk based MIDI jukebox!? Record your songs from your Piano to one of those Roland disk-based units […]| modelrail.otenko
After visiting Satsuma-Sendai, I took the 7am Sakura straight through to Hiroshima, arriving around 10am. I hadn't been back to the area in years and wanted to both check out the progress on the station and ride some Trams. I also wanted to try and see banker locomotives in action over the pass to Saijo. […]| modelrail.otenko
After the usual trip down to Miyazaki and Nichinan, I was ready to make a longer trip back to Osaka. I actually had to take a few days as I my usual long-stay apartment was booked out. On the way to Miyazaki, I'd already checked out Kagoshima City and therefore checked the freight timetable to […]| modelrail.otenko
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