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)

An old shot from 1979. A DTS (Driving Trailer Second), built in 1957/8 is not long for this world as it has been removed from its bogies and already partly dismembered. Final scrapping happened ve... (more)

An old shot from 1979. A Class 100 Motor Brake has lost its bogies and is on blocks at Newton Heath TMD. This was a precursor to the scrapping of the unit a week or two later. A Class 40 can be se... (more)