You asked for it!

On behalf of the admin team, I'm proud to unveil JNSwiki, the encyclopedia of Japanese Trains and Model Railroading.

Right now, some of us have been working diligently to import relevant content from Wikipedia, but as many of you know, Wikipedia isn't the best place to go to learn about the prototype, and they have almost nothing on modeling (apparently FineTrack isn't notable).

So, we'd like to invite you to join us in expanding and defining JNSwiki. There's plenty to do, so why not take a look, and take ownership of the part you like. Make it your own: That's why it's there.

A Caveat! You must be logged in to edit! In order to get single sign-on between the two sites working, we had to rework the cookies. You must delete all cookies that match "jnsforum" to be able to log in to JNSwiki.

As a way of celebrating this forum's first anniversary, the admin team is proud to announce the formation of Tetsudo Magazine! Being the new publication of jnsforum.com, we're looking to you, the forum members, for material to print! We're looking for essays about Japanese railroading, both model and prototypical. Possible topics include:

• Model reviews
• Modeling projects
• Wiring and DCC (installs, etc.)
• Prototype essays (the more specific the better)

For more information on how to get involved, see the Call for Submissions.

I guess I'll be running dual trains on my Kato Double track set so I wonder if there are benefits to getting a dual cab power pack or not. Which brand of power pack would you recommend, its been ...... Read More

So guys, finally i have an initial plan in mind. Kato track plan 615 is going to be the basis for my layout. It will be somewhat modified to include a local tram loop and also a storage yard.
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Today I got a V11 set in the mail so I thought I put my JR500 on it for a spin.  Apologies for the lousy video I plan on posting better footage soon.


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Ok, it's for a foreign market (California?), but it is a Japanese train:

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JNS Forum welcomes bigbear to the Forum.

Please feel at home here, we are nice people... really" ;)

Please take this opportunity to introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about you ...... Read More

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Sorta regretted not buying any of these back in 05 in Kyoto so when I had the chance to buy some in 08 in Tokyo, ...... Read More

Recently retired by Osaka's Nankai Railway are the stainless steel corrugated carbody 6100 series, distinguished by their unique Pioneer 3 bogies, with outside mounted disc brakes. They ran for ...... Read More