Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Fuji Subaru Line LRT

   By Ekiben, May 8
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   • Beaver
   • May 8

2. JR Faning Website

   By Skuharev, May 2
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   • Skuharev
   • May 2

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

   By N-Osoi, April 19
   • 12 replies
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • April 24

4. PS22 pantographs

   By Steve, April 10
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   • Steve
   • April 10

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

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

6. Crash course for the rest of the family

   By Madsing, March 31
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   • Madsing
   • March 31

7. 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
   • 5 replies
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   • Martijn Meerts
   • March 25

8. Latest JR Central TV commercial for Shinkansen

   By bikkuri bahn, March 1   

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   • jrtokai
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     • spring 2024
     • timetable revision
   • 1 reply
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   • HankyuDentetsu
   • March 3

9. The end of SL Hitoyoshi

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

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

    By Dillon, January 25
    • 16 replies
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    • Kamome
    • February 1

11. Tokyo Metro plans to list shares.

    By Sascha, January 29
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    • Sascha
    • January 29

12. E7 Accident

    By Kamome, January 24
    • 2 replies
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    • railsquid
    • January 26

13. New website for 肥薩線again

    By SL58654号, January 18
    • 4 replies
    • 427 views
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    • katoftw
    • January 20

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

    By SL58654号, January 16
    • 3 replies
    • 373 views
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    • Beaver
    • January 20

15. 2023: The year of selling your model trains? What the heck is going on?

    By kndy, August 5, 2023   

    • model trains
    • sell
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    • Kamome
    • January 19

16. Help needed to identify cars

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

17. Any Japanese railways running American-like equipment?

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

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

    By katoftw, January 9
    • 1 reply
    • 707 views
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    • SL58654号
    • January 10

19. Nagoya area freight operations

    By miyakoji, January 7   

    • nagoya
    • jnr
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      • nagoya rinkai railway
    • 2 replies
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    • Cat
    • January 7

20. Woman held after allegedly slashing passengers on Tokyo train

    By Guest, January 4
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    • Guest
    • January 4

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

    By SL58654号, September 12, 2023   

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    • 28 replies
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    • ED75-775
    • January 2

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

    By lighthouse, January 1
    • 1 reply
    • 363 views
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    • Tony Galiani
    • January 1

23. JR Steam locos special paint work?

    By kevsmiththai, December 28, 2023
    • 2 replies
    • 267 views
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    • kevsmiththai
    • December 29, 2023

24. N700S Shinkansen car numbering

    By Kingmeow, December 21, 2023
    • 6 replies
    • 592 views
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    • brill27mcb
    • December 23, 2023

25. First look at new Express Yakumo Rolling Stock

    By SwallowAngel, October 18, 2023
    • 8 replies
    • 970 views
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    • Gunzel
    • December 5, 2023