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Add Wakayama Electric Railway to the list of operators who've gotten the Mitooka treatment. Video at Kamayama Station: http://railf.jp/news/2016/05/27/150000.html Their fourth theme train after the Tama (Tama the cat), the Omocha (toy), and Ichigo (strawberry) trains, it's called the Umeboshi Train. It's a play on words, replacing 干 meaning dry with 星 meaning star, although both would be read boshi in this situation. Revenue operation will begin on June 4. Edit: as kvp points out below, the previous three sets are also Mitooka designs

Sad news, Tama the cat (station master and operating officer of Kishi Station in Wakayama) died June 22. She was 16 years old. Wonder If there will be a memorial train. Also will there be a successor? Jeff

Two 4-car sets of Nankai's new 8300 series were delivered from Kinki Sharyo on the 29th, the first time in about 40 years the manufacturer has built anything for this railway. Every Nankai train I've ever been aware of was built by Tokyu/J-Trec. After leaving Kinki behind DE10 1192 via the connection at Tokuan, the formation was pulled to Suita Freight Terminal. From there, DD51 1191 took it down the Umeda freight bypass to the west side of the loop around Nishi-Kujo, on to Tennoji, and apparently east to Oji. I assume they continued south via the Wakayama Line. Maybe the Hanwa Line is a little too busy for this less-than-shinkansen speed move :). Interchange between JR West and Nankai is all the way down at Wakayama-shi, which can been seen in the second video below. http://railf.jp/news/2015/06/30/120000.html crossing the Kanzaki River Bridge on the Joto Freight Line, by hankyudensha at Wakayama-shi Station, by jnrkiiline. Cool lineup from 5'00", but we don't see the DD51 depart...