What did you run today?

[JR 500系]

5 hours ago, serotta1972 said:

HB300's - missing the Series `Resort Asunaro`.  

Lovely HB-E300s! Dang i should have informed you Ami had one sitting in their bargains bin for somewhere above 6k yen for quite a few months....  X_x... While the Asunaro isnt exactly the best looking amongst its sisters, the strange colour palette surely adds an interesting twist to the HB-E300s ~

 

2 hours ago, serotta1972 said:

Kiha 100/110’s - love these little guys.  One of my favorite train rides back in 2017, nice and slow through rice paddies and small towns.

I love the Kiha-110s too! i should ride on of these guys, perferably the ones on Hachiko line beyond Kowagoei station ~

[serotta1972]

3 hours ago, JR 500系 said:

Lovely HB-E300s! Dang i should have informed you Ami had one sitting in their bargains bin for somewhere above 6k yen for quite a few months....  X_x... While the Asunaro isnt exactly the best looking amongst its sisters, the strange colour palette surely adds an interesting twist to the HB-E300s ~

 

I love the Kiha-110s too! i should ride on of these guys, perferably the ones on Hachiko line beyond Kowagoei station ~

I think that's why I didn't get it when it came out and at that time was thinking of letting go of the HB300's.  Still on the fence whether to get it.

 

I rode the 110 on the Hachiko Line from Takasaki to Komagawa with 14 station stops with a total distance of 65 km and the rest of the line was on a Series 205 to Hachioji.  Total trip was 96.4 km.  It was a nice long and slow ride.  On the 110, there were a lot of opportunities to stand by the driver.

[Arctic]

I did some running of Yamaguchi Line stock: SL Yamaguchi (C57-1) Kiha 47s in Hiroshima and San'in renewal livery and Kiha 187 Super Oki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JR 500系]

On 4/3/2022 at 2:50 PM, serotta1972 said:

I think that's why I didn't get it when it came out and at that time was thinking of letting go of the HB300's.  Still on the fence whether to get it.

 

 

Here you go mate! It's a nice train and completes your collection!

[lighthouse]

Not running but a little photo session

 

Hakodate mountain line local train D51 ☺️

 

 

[serotta1972]

 A little Hokkaido action.  TN couplers are magic, no gap between the cabs. 

[Falcon]

On 4/25/2022 at 4:16 AM, serotta1972 said:

TN couplers are magic

Hi, what kind of TN ?
 

Thanks,
Rainer

Edited April 27, 2022 by disturbman
unnecessary "......."

[disturbman]

Body-mounted TNs, the boggie-mounted ones are the opposite of magic.

In that case, the cab extremities of Tomix 733 come equipped with Shibata type body-mounted TN couplers. Both the 733 and the Kiha 261 would use these between cars as well.

Edited April 27, 2022 by disturbman

[railsquid]

A Kato EF65 which I acquired new (!) 5 years ago (!) and which has not seen much action since then:

 

Kato EF65 1000 (EF65 1100) by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Kato EF65 1000 (EF65 1100) by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

"N Koya" cab rear wall stickers applied, though barely visible.

 

FWIW the same model (3061-1) will be re-released in a few weeks.

[JR East]

This Saturday, a mix of trains. 

 

Starting with my 6-cars Hinotori (JR 103 in background)

 

 

 

I really do like the HKTILC.com leds in yellow bulb

 

 

 

 

The yard ... JR103, my lovely JR 313-3000, the Hinotory and in background, a two sets of JR E353, a 3-cars and a 9-cars.

 

 

As I'm not authorize to drill the table ... lots of wires

 

 

and place enough to park my JR E353 3-cars set

 

 

Who said that size doesn't matter? a 20 cm longer table would be better. Thanks to the banked curves. 

 

JM

Edited May 10, 2022 by JR East
Typos

[serotta1972]

Great mix of rolling stock there.  I hope you're creeping along around those curves, scary. 😁

[serotta1972]

Now to the south - my Kyushu Limited Express.  Love the unique designs and not so colorful liveries. 

[Kiha66]

Very nice Jr, I love the sleek lines of the 787 series, reminds me of the TGV.

[Kamome]

My kids refer to the 787 as “kaba train” as they think it looks a bit like a Hippopotamus.

[cteno4]

Love the kid brain, it does look like a hippo!

 

jeff

[serotta1972]

Nothing sleek about a Hippo. 😁  We finally went back to the Zoo after 2 years and my daughter loves going to see Bruce the Hippo only to find out it's gone, not dead thank goodness but instead it's being paired up with a potential mate in the Cincinnati Zoo.  

[072hawk]

 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2022 by 072hawk

[Kiha66]

Wow, looks like a really fun time!  All your trains really shine running on that layout.

[lighthouse]

This evening it´s time to run the newer models 😄

 

 

[Kamome]

Set up a short table top layout (about 1m x 2.5m) to run some of the projects and acquisitions that have not been run other than to test their motors and lights work. 

 

Constructed a short double track mainline for my boys to run trains without causing any collisions, branch line with local station and cement works with a some storage yards and a head shunt. 

 

Track plan

 

 

Some of my limited selection of non JR stock.

 

 

Shonan-Shinjuku and Shonan liner.

 

 

Branch line and local service.

 

 

Cement loader (Tomytec coal tower)

 

 

And troop exercise equipment being transported.

 

 

Edited June 12, 2022 by Kamome

[Giugiaro]

Running the Class 321 and Series 7000 to get some fun before another week of work.

 

Of course, one single track piece on the table and the cat girl is already there.

[Giugiaro]

Running the recently acquired EF 30 and EF81-300 with six Carel et Fauché built SNCF DEV Inox coaches.

 

[disturbman]

Very nice mix of rolling-stock and locomotives 🙂

[Giugiaro]

We had a micro model rail exhibition at my workplace.

 

Digital controller, Dash 9 and the cargo train with the Vectron were my boss's.

[JR East]

I really do love these two last pictures ... Typically the team  that has not enough trains in the shopfloor ! (looking through the windows)

Edited June 24, 2022 by JR East