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I don't recall seeing many JR Kyushu front view videos. Here are two in the southeastern part of Kyushu. Really great scenery. JR Kyushu designates the two-car Umisachi Yamasachi as KIHA 125-400. The cars were acquired from the defunct Takachiho Railway. by 485JNR_NICHIRIN - Kagoshima-Chuo to Miyazaki on the Nippo Main Line. by Arkibk Train Aki - Nango to Miyazaki on the Nichinan Line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umisachi_Yamasachi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takachiho_Railway

My local Kumamoto hobby shop has disclosed to me that KATO intends to produce the SL Hitoyoshi (as well as SL Aso Boy while they're at it) in N gauge during 2022. I trust their word as since they're long-time KATO dealers for several decades now, and I'm a frequent customer of theirs. It makes sense considering the number of JR Kyushu trains and locomotives they've made so far, never mind the Tohoku-region (2028-1) 8620. I'm hopping we'll all see it as a Planned Product in the soon-to-be-released 2022 catalog. I really like their JR Kyushu DE10. This is the video from which I originally learned of the SL Hitoyoshi, way back before I came here. It immediately became my favorite train in Japan.

Interesting report. Of interest is page 48, which gives some reasons for punctuality: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/research/doc/bob.pdf