A duo of ED45's pull a cement train south for the interchange at Tomida, leaving Nyugawa behind them. These ED45's were built for the Tobu Railway in the mid 1950's. In the backgriund is Mt. Fujiw... (more)

The Sangi Railway's first southbound of the day comes through Daian as they cross over the dried up Uga River. The Sangi Railway operates freight between the cement plant in Fujiwaracho Tozenji an... (more)

Sun shines on the Arakawa River as the Chichibu Railway's 102 leads a northbound loaded limestone train. The Arakawa River bridge was built in 1914 and is the biggest bridge on the Chichibu system... (more)

A loaded Chichibu Railway limestone train heads east through Minano with the 105 leading. 105 is one of two remaining 1951 built DeKi 100 series boxcabs running on the Chichibu.

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.

The sun shines down on Nagatoro as Chichibu Railway's C58 no.363 crosses the Arakawa River.

Railfans surround the Chichibu Railway's Nagatoro station as the railroads C58 no.363 heads south pulling the Paleo Express.

On the Hagotsu Main Line, the EF81 tows the Train Cassopeia through the coast of the Sea of Japan? The Sasa River in Niigata Prefecture is one of Japan's 100 scenic spots, and it is known for its ... (more)

One of Tokyo Metro's last remaining Hanzomon 8000 series units rolls into Takatsu station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi line, bound for Chuo-Rinkan, from Tobu-Dobutsu-Koen on the Tobu Skytree line. Ru... (more)

Tobu's resident steam locomotive C11 325 drifts out of Shimo-Imaichi to start its last journey of the day to Kinugawa-Onsen on the regular SL Taiju run. Tobu operates this service 4 times daily on... (more)

The Rolls Royce of center cabs, diesel hydraulic, three B trucks, a gigantic insulated cab. Two 1100 HP V-12s. As in many countries this class was built by multiple firms, in this case four.

All over there were interurbans that recalled the look of the great interurbans on American, almost all of which are gone. We many of them.

Seibu was of great railfan interest. It started in the mountains and ended (surprise) at the front door of the Seibu Department Store in Shinjuku. Freight and passenger. Equipment was immaculat... (more)