Sunzu Railway Mishima-Tamachi station in 1914.

[marknewton]

I found this very interesting photo of Mishima-Tamachi station while searching for something completely different.

 

 

The tramcar on the left is from the Mishima-Numazu tramway, and it's coupled to a Sunzu Railway covered van. The little steamer is Sunzu Railway No.15, a 2-4-2ST built by Baldwin in 1890.

 

If I wasn't committed to modelling the late-Showa era JNR, I'd be very tempted by something like this! :)

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

Edited November 2, 2016 by marknewton

[kvp]

So where did the tramway run? 1914 is the middle of the 1907-1919 era when the various companies involved merged and split with Mishima-Tamachi station being the terminus of the unelectrified Sunzu line and 1919 is the date when the whole line was electrified. This station was also the end of the Shuname railway, but that was not electrified until 1919 and it was truncated to a short length in 1915. Does anyone have a map of the area from 1914?

[Densha]

If I wasn't committed to modelling the late-Showa era JNR, I'd be very tempted by something like this! :)

Why not do both? ;)

[kvp]

Why not do both? ;)

Yes, a late Showa era country station might look perfectly ok as a JGR era mainline station with just the change of trains and maybe a few buildings. On the other hand, a late Showa big city station placed between modern skyscrapers is a very different theme...

[Nick_Burman]

I found this very interesting photo of Mishima-Tamachi station while searching for something completely different.

 

 

The tramcar on the left is from the Mishima-Numazu tramway, and it's coupled to a Sunzu Railway covered van. The little steamer is Sunzu Railway No.15, a 2-4-2ST built by Baldwin in 1890.

 

If I wasn't committed to modelling the late-Showa era JNR, I'd be very tempted by something like this! :)

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

Mark,

 

The van belongs to the tramway, if you look closely you'll notice that it only has radial couplers and thus it can only couple to tramway equipment.

 

Long, long time ago (say 1980's) do you remember an ad (small, usually placed right at the end) in "Model Railroader" by Erie Limited of Tokyo offering a Baldwin 2-4-2ST in kit format in both HOn3 and HOn30? Well, this is the loco...

 

 

Cheers NB

[Nick_Burman]

So where did the tramway run? 1914 is the middle of the 1907-1919 era when the various companies involved merged and split with Mishima-Tamachi station being the terminus of the unelectrified Sunzu line and 1919 is the date when the whole line was electrified. This station was also the end of the Shuname railway, but that was not electrified until 1919 and it was truncated to a short length in 1915. Does anyone have a map of the area from 1914?

 

As Mark said, the tramway ran from Mishima west to Numazu. It was built to give Mishima passengers a connection to Tokaido line trains which at the time still ran over Gotemba Pass.

 

Cheers NB

[marknewton]

Why not do both? ;)

Not a bad idea in itself, but I have too many unfinished projects to seriously contemplate starting another one. Maybe a diorama, though... :)

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[marknewton]

Mark, The van belongs to the tramway, if you look closely you'll notice that it only has radial couplers and thus it can only couple to tramway equipment.

Nick, I hadn't noticed that. Well spotted!

 

Long, long time ago (say 1980's) do you remember an ad (small, usually placed right at the end) in "Model Railroader" by Erie Limited of Tokyo offering a Baldwin 2-4-2ST in kit format in both HOn3 and HOn30? Well, this is the loco...

I do remember that ad. What's more, I've actually seen one of these locos "in the flesh", but at the time I had no idea what it's prototype was. Which is a shame, because I knocked it back thinking it wasn't something I could use. Bugger! :(

 

But it's good you've told me about it, now I might have to hunt one down...

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.