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.

Chichibu railway C58 No.363 celebrates 20th anniversary of steam tourist train "Paleo Express".

C58 363 is operated as 'SL PALEO EXPRESS' on Chichibu Railway.

Electric loco #107 rolls a train of empty limestone cars across the Arakawa River at Kaminagatoro.

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)