Chichibu 105 pulls an empty train up the branch to the limestone loadout in Chichibu. The 100 series Hitachi DeKi's are the railroads oldest, having been built in 1951. The 105 is the last 100 ser... (more)

Chichibu 502 pulls its now loaded train from the limestone loadout in Chichibu. From here the train will take the limestone to a cement plant in Kumagaya. The 500 series Hitachi DeKi boxcabs are t... (more)

Daybreak is upon us in Chichibu as the Chichibu Railway's first train of the day breaks off the main and heads up the loadout spur to Chichibu Taiheiyo Cement.

Chichibu Railway is a private railway (shortline) owned by a cement company. Some of its newer MU cars looked like boxes but these older ones had character, like they might be something Samuel Ins... (more)

Chichibu Railway is a private railway (shortline) owned by a cement company. Its units were totally unlike the electrics operated by the other railways in Saitama Province and its primary purpose... (more)

May be a US built Westinghouse or GE. Come on Japan, sent some shots! All mine are old.