Some Recent Pics including Station and Train Car Nuisance Poster and Vegetation along the tracks.

[gmat]

Poster seen last night at Shoin-jinja-mae Station on the Setagaya Line.

I've noticed that many have taken to wearing their backpacks in front rather than behind even off the train. My pack gets pretty heavy as I carry stuff for my lessons and when it is crowded, rather than leaving it on the floor, I have to carry it with one arm, which gets tiring. I usually cycle than use the train, nowadays and avoid this. 

 

Saiganji Crossing (#6) Shitte Crossover (尻手短絡線 shitte tanraku sen) Connecting Musashino South Line (after Shin-Kawasaki Station) with Nambu Line (after Yako Station) Plants growing along the tracks 2 Oct 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taken from Shoin-jinja-mae Station 23 Sept 19. Taken during a humid afternoon.

 

Shoin-jinja-mae.#2.crossing/road to Setagaya Ward Office Setagaya Line 19 Sept 2019 Note how grass in the middle of the tracks has been cut by trams.

 

Setagaya Station 19 Sept 2019 A vine grows in Setagaya.

 

 

More to come,

Grant

 

[gmat]

Last Friday, I went to Nimotogi (?) Bridge in Otaku Ward along the Tokaido Shinkansen Line to shoot Dr. Yellow. 

 

There were already a couple of people waiting there about 30 minutes before Dr. Yellow arrived.

 

 

I stood here.

 

Sometimes you'd get traffic going both ways at the same time.

 

 An earlier pair.

 

 

 

 

That's all for now.

[cteno4]

Grant,

 

thanks all those details are always so great to have for ideas for modeling scenes! Much appreciated!

 

jeff

[railsquid]

4 hours ago, gmat said:

Last Friday, I went to Nimotogi (?) Bridge

 

Most likely "Nihongi", with an outside chance of it being something utterly arbitrary like "Futamotonoki" ;).

[gmat]

Thanks, I’m sure you’re right. 

I’m at Odasakae Station on the Nanbu Branch Line. Have seen EF66 pass by seven times, only twice going the other way. But not the rare one. Weather this morning went from cloudy and drizzly to stormy and now sunny. Some trains, usually the passenger ones have crept along for the past hour or so and someone apologized for the delay only the station speaker. Usually the freight trains have barreled along, especially before dawn. Been here since 5:16 AM. 

Grant

[Martijn Meerts]

Everything on that nuisance poster happens here on every train I'm in, but then 10x worse 😄

 

[gmat]

Some pics from yesterday, 4 Oct 2019.

Odasakae Station Nambu Branch Line 5:35AM 4 Oct 2019

 

Looking Northwest towards Kawasakishimmachi Station. Away from the sunrise.

 

Looking Southeast and sunrise, towards Hama-Kawasaki Station. EH200-19 5:57AM

 

 

EF210-136 going the other way.

 

205-1000 #1 Nambu Branch Line Towards Shitte Station 6:16AM

 

EF66-101 going the other way at the same time. The first of many EF66 shots taken today. 6:17AM

 

EF210-119

 

 

In light rain. 6:22AM

 

EF66-111 6:25AM  Second one.

 

EF66-128 6:37AM  Third one.

 

6:42AM in heavy rainfall

 

 

EF210-2 in a downpour. 6:48AM

 

 

 

More to come,

 

Grant

[gmat]

Continuing...

EF66-115 7:05AM

 

205-1000 #1 Nambu Branch Line 7:06AM

 

 

From 7 to 8 there are two trains running. This is #2.  7:10AM. After leaving the Nambu Line Yard next to Musashi-Nakahara Station, It stops at the Nambu Line platform #1 at Shitte Station rather than the Nambu Branch Line platform #3. 

 

EF66-125 7:13AM

 

EF66-111 returning with Kawasaki City with empty refuse cars, 7:24AM

 

The hiragana says gomi  'trash.'

 

EF65-2070 7:47AM

 

Odasakae #4 crossing next to Odasakae Station. 8:24AM

 

#2 Out of Service and will pass Hama-Kawasaki Station onto the Tsurumi line and park at the Tsurumi Line Yard.

 

Grant

[gmat]

Continuing pics as taken sequentially.

EF66-122 Time not displayed.

 

EF66-122 returning.

 

EF66-118

 

EF210-119 with a short consist.

 

 

Tank car carries JP-8. 

 

EF65-2087  

 

DE11 2001  I believe that it will pass onto the Tsurumi Line. 

 

EF66-115 returning.

 

E233-800 Nambu Line train. I think that the Branch Line 205s will be replaced by a shortened version of this. 

 

EH200-2 with tank car consist.

 

EF66-105 returning.

 

EF66-108

 

EF66-108 returning.

 

EF66-122 The daily 2:50PM short consist at its current usual time. Sometimes with tank cars like today, sometimes with hoppers or unloaded flatcars.

 

 

 

EF65-2127 3:06 PM Taken from the other platform. Looking South towards Hama-Kawasaki Station.

 

EF65-2063 with three flatbeds. 3:47PM

 

DE11-2001 returning home. 3:55PM.

 

 

The only EH500 seen up till this time. EH500-79. 4:32PM

 

Grant

 

 

[gmat]

Returning home I passed by the Shin-Tsurumi Yard next to Shin-Kawasaki Station. Cross the pedestrian passage across the yard and you can take photos by standing on the curb guards and shoot over the fence. Behind me are four signals that turn green to signal incoming traffic.

 

 

Shinkawasakifureai Park. West fence Musashino South Freight Line.

 

The park has a train climbing frame along with benches.

 

Sign says;

This park is for children.

No smoking.

No littering.

Take away any litter produced.

 

EH200-1 North bound Musashino South Line it will go underground before Musashi-Kosugi Station/Town turn left and generally follow the Nambu Line until it briefly surfaces at the Kajigaya Freight Terminal then underground until beore Fuchuhommachi Station then through a tunnel onto the Musashino Line. 5:28PM

 

EH200-3 came up from the Shin-Tsurumi Yard and is now backing to connect to a tanker consist. 5:33PM

 

 

 

5:53PM

 

Green Signal.

 

 

 

5:54PM

 

That's all for now.

Grant