chadbag Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I'm going to have to try that with the Twilight Mizukaze Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Yavianice said: If you’re too lazy to put all the twilight mizukaze cars on the layout... It’s the new 2 car starter set! jeff Link to comment
roadstar_na6 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Don‘t let Kato or Tomix see this 😄 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Shorties of these would just look like little moving football helmets! jeff 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Want to run your "Twilight Express" model in Tokyo? If it's 2005, no problem: http://www.junya-travel.com/twilight-express-shinagawa.html 2005 on a chartered excursion between Shinagawa and Shimonoseki to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kinki Nippon Tourist, or KNT! as they rebranded themselves with doubtful success. The text indicates the "Twilight Express" was in the Tokyo area 14 years previously as well ("寝台特急トワイライトエクスプレス、１４年ぶり首都圏に"). 4 Link to comment
nah00 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 In case you were wondering what to do with your extra Yo-8000s. 3 4 Link to comment
Yavaris Forge Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Add a few more and you have yourself a nice bungalow excursion train😁 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 How to put the body shell back on your D51: 4 7 Link to comment
Yavaris Forge Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Very interesting video! I didn't know you could open Kato D51s that way... It's a Kato, right? One of the cranes had the name on it😂 2 Link to comment
chadbag Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 7/7/2020 at 8:45 AM, chadbag said: I'm going to have to try that with the Twilight Mizukaze Actually I just realized you can't as the KATO one at least has the motor car in the middle IIRC... 😞 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Excellent! I’m always looking for the 20 some odd construction cranes from all those constructions sets everyone had to put out! jeff 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) Got some spare track and catenary poles? Why not set up a small diorama in some spare space? On the south side of the Chuo Line between Kunitachi and Tachikawa stations, on one side of the JR transformer facility thingy. Not sure how long it's been there, I've noticed it a couple of times before but never managed to get a photo. I guess it's for research/training purposes. Edited November 9, 2020 by railsquid 4 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Looks like someone made a module out of some spare tracks and poles! 😛 Link to comment
katoftw Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 JR training facility is located there isnt it? Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 3 hours ago, katoftw said: JR training facility is located there isnt it? The site itself is just a transformer station: https://goo.gl/maps/huLxU6XCqbVUrHps5 I'm not aware of any training facilities around that stretch of the line; the closest I know of is the one near Shin-Akitsu station on the Musashino line ( https://goo.gl/maps/zoZuNo84K8qkxthy5 ). Link to comment
Yavaris Forge Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Could it be that they assemble points there so they don't have to do that on site? Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, Yavaris Forge said: Could it be that they assemble points there so they don't have to do that on site? I doubt it, it looks very much like a representation of a short stretch of actual permanent way for whatever purpose. Somewhere I have a picture of points being assembled on the permanent way maintenance sidings at Mitaka, right next to the running lines and much easier to transport than they would be from here. 1 Link to comment
nah00 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) Have too many EF81s? Get yourself a Cassiopeia generator car and run...whatever this formation is. Engineer training? Edited November 13, 2020 by nah00 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 28 minutes ago, nah00 said: Have too many EF81s? Get yourself a Cassiopeia generator car and run...whatever this formation is. Engineer training? Yup, that appears to be the case. I ran into this formation around the same time last year: Link to comment
bikkuri bahn Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Quote I doubt it, it looks very much like a representation of a short stretch of actual permanent way for whatever purpose. Railsquid, it seems to be a recent installation, as a google streetview from April 2019 shows no such track or catenary at this site which is called Tachikawa Hendensho (substation)- the adjacent elongated park is Midorikawa Daiichi Koen. Training facilities for installing catenary are sometimes set up at these locations for on-site education. Likely this one of those. Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Yeah, I'm pretty sure I hadn't seen it before this year. That reminds me, I must post about an Interesting Railway Factoid related to the other side of the Chuo Line thereabouts I learned about last year (while walking to the immigration bureau). 2 Link to comment
Socimi Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 What can you do with that one spare junk car you used to test your re-painting skills? Park it out on some siding in a depot, of course! 2 Link to comment
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