Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. English Language Publications on Japanese Rail 1 2

   By cteno4, May 11, 2019
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   • Kamome
   • March 29

2. Maintenance Car Database

   By Madsing, September 14, 2019
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   • ATShinkansen
   • August 27, 2023

3. Railway Maps of Japan

   By Densha, June 15, 2015
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   • Aleks
   • August 4, 2023

4. Japanese Rail Car Nomenclature (KuHa, SaHa, MoHa, KiHa) 1 2 3

   By scott, March 12, 2009
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   • Pashina12
   • April 29, 2019

5. Hiroshima Red Wing 'anti-fall plates'?

   By N-Osoi, 12 hours ago
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   • Kamome
   • 6 hours ago

6. SL Yamaguchi resumes operation from May 2024

   By ED75-775, April 10
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   • ED75-775
   • April 11

7. PS22 pantographs

   By Steve, April 10
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   • Steve
   • April 10

8. Prototype Trains in Wrapped or Painted Special Liveries 1 2 3

   By cteno4, August 11, 2011
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   • bill937ca
   • April 6

9. Crash course for the rest of the family

   By Madsing, March 31
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   • Madsing
   • March 31

10. Japanese Book 国鉄時代の貨物列車を知ろう 昭和40年代の貨物輸送 (Let's learn about freight trains from the JNR era: Freight transportation in the 1960s)

    By Darklighter, March 24
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    • Martijn Meerts
    • March 25

11. Latest JR Central TV commercial for Shinkansen

    By bikkuri bahn, March 1   

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      • timetable revision
    • 1 reply
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    • HankyuDentetsu
    • March 3

12. The end of SL Hitoyoshi

    By Kiha66, October 24, 2022
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    • SL58654号
    • February 21

13. KATO is like the Nintendo and Studio Ghibli of model railroading

    By Dillon, January 25
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    • Kamome
    • February 1

14. Tokyo Metro plans to list shares.

    By Sascha, January 29
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    • Sascha
    • January 29

15. E7 Accident

    By Kamome, January 24
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    • railsquid
    • January 26

16. New website for 肥薩線again

    By SL58654号, January 18
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    • katoftw
    • January 20

17. Head and Tail Lamp and Disc Codes of Meiji era Japanese Railways

    By SL58654号, January 16
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    • Beaver
    • January 20

18. 2023: The year of selling your model trains? What the heck is going on?

    By kndy, August 5, 2023   

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    • Kamome
    • January 19

19. Help needed to identify cars

    By lighthouse, January 13
    • 7 replies
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    • Englehart
    • January 15

20. Any Japanese railways running American-like equipment?

    By MangakaRailfan, October 3, 2023
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    • lighthouse
    • January 12

21. New JR Kyushu Joyful train Ltd Exp Kanpachi/Ichirok

    By katoftw, January 9
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    • SL58654号
    • January 10

22. Nagoya area freight operations

    By miyakoji, January 7   

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    • Cat
    • January 7

23. Woman held after allegedly slashing passengers on Tokyo train

    By Guest, January 4
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    • Guest
    • January 4

24. numberplates Japanese Locomotive Numberplates (ナンバープレート) 1 2

    By SL58654号, September 12, 2023   

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    • ED75-775
    • January 2

25. JR Hokkaido first luxury train planned for 4/2026

    By lighthouse, January 1
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    • Tony Galiani
    • January 1