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Two nice videos below about the JRF Etchujima Freight Line. According to Japanese Wikipedia this line opened in 1929 between Koiwa and Onagigawa, and eventually connected to what is now known as Etchujima Freight Station. Until 1989, it also extended to Toyosu and Harumi as a line for the Tokyo-to Bureau of Port and Harbor. Kisha Seizo's Toyko factory was also along the line and had a connection. It closed in 1972. It's entirely single-tracked and unelectrified, but apparently its speed limit is 95 km/h (59 mph). The thought of a DE10 whizzing along at that speed seems a little scary :). This line has been mentioned in two other threads, http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/7462-cool-port-scene/ and http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/2084-what-is-a-convex-b-switcher/ by Yukinori Minami