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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

Here's an interesting video by ya1964ma. In the description, he speculates that this is either for JR East's simulators, or for a new Densha De GO game. Most of the comments latch on to the latter possibility :). ya1964ma states that this operated between Matsumoto and maybe Otsuki. That's some serious looking camera equipment, capturing both the driver's and conductor's vantage points. There are also microphones. please release it for the Switch please release it for the Switch please release it for the Switch please release it for the Switch please release it for the Switch please release it for the Switch please release it for the Switch thanks