Nimo5's Landscape With Railways Videos

[bill937ca]

These are a series of videos focusing on the landscapes of railways in Japan.

 

The first video follows a JR  ballast scatter construction train along the Kisuki LIne from the yard to its work site.  DE 10 1058 is pretty clean for a diesel as are the three Hoki 800 ballast cars.  In these videos much of the focus is on the landscape rather than just train runbys.

 

 

 

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[bill937ca]

Wooden station building JR Kawahira station. JR-Sankō Line. Once a busier station with a passing loop, now its just a single platform station.

 

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[bill937ca]

JR Sanko line early morning with several harvest scenes.

 

 

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[miyakoji]

His videos are awesome, I think they were the first Japan rail videos I found on YT.  Really, Shimane prefecture should hire him to make promotional videos.  I always want to go there after watching his channel :)

[westfalen]

I am also a follower of Mr Nimo's videos.  He makes you want to hire a car and drive around the country side.

[katoftw]

I started to collect Japanese N scale because of his videos.  They are probably the best amateur videos on JP trains on youtube.

[cteno4]

Now those are scenes for dioramas!

 

Jeff

[bill937ca]

Here's another one. This is JR West Kisuki LIne Kamonaka Station another wooden station.  What is interesting is that there is a siding with concrete ties but both station tracks have wooden ties.  Lots of close-ups of track.

 

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[bill937ca]

Now those are scenes for dioramas!

 

Jeff

 

That is what I was thinking. Great reference material.  

[bill937ca]

This is the Kisuki Line Tourism Train.  What is interesting is that this is a push-pull unit.  I don't think I've ever heard of this concept being used in Japan before.

 

 

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[bill937ca]

Nunohara Station on the single track electrified JR West Hakubi Line.  This rural station has three types of trains passing through: Series 115 yellow EMUs, Kiha 120 rail buses and Series 381 Limited Express trains. Some interesting scenes in rice paddies and across farm fields.

 

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[bill937ca]

JR Geibi Line

 

[Nick_Burman]

This is the Kisuki Line Tourism Train.  What is interesting is that this is a push-pull unit.  I don't think I've ever heard of this concept being used in Japan before.

 

 

 

The Sagano Kanko Torokko in Kyoto is also push-pull.

 

Cheers NB

[miyakoji]

This is the Kisuki Line Tourism Train.  What is interesting is that this is a push-pull unit.  I don't think I've ever heard of this concept being used in Japan before.

The Sagano Kanko Torokko in Kyoto is also push-pull.

Both JR West and Hokkaido (and maybe others) have had sets like this with a driver's station at one end and a DE10 or DE15 at the other. Some have been retired. Below is a link to the Japanese wikipedia on "torokko" trains, you can see these formations in the pictures.

 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E5%88%97%E8%BB%8A

[Sacto1985]

I actually have subscribed to nimo5's YouTube channel because this user shows a lot of scenery on the JR West Kisuki and Sankō Lines. The Kisuki Line is better-known to tourists around Japan because of the Okuizumo Orochi excursion train, which travels from Izumoshi to Bingo-Ochiai Station via the Kisuki Line, including the spectacular switchback near Izumo-Sakane Station.

[katoftw]

This is the Kisuki Line Tourism Train.  What is interesting is that this is a push-pull unit.  I don't think I've ever heard of this concept being used in Japan before.

 

 

Big open windows.  Slow pace.  Diesel fumes.  Oh what a magical place Japan is.  They do it right when it comes to the rails.

[marknewton]

Nunohara Station on the single track electrified JR West Hakubi Line.

Thanks for that one Bill, I love Nunohara! :)

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.