More old views of private railways

[marknewton]

I bookmarked this one ages ago, then lost it, then found it again. Some interesting comparison views between then and now.

 

http://teramatiisejosai.travel.coocan.jp/local.html

 

Of particular interest to me are the pages showing the Mie Kotsu narrow gauge lines, Hokuriku Railway lines, Toyama Railway and the Kaetsuno Railway/Manyosen.

 

http://teramatiisejosai.travel.coocan.jp/mie.html

 

http://teramatiisejosai.travel.coocan.jp/hokutetutitel.html

 

http://teramatiisejosai.travel.coocan.jp/toyamasinaisen.html

 

http://teramatiisejosai.travel.coocan.jp/manyou.html

 

Enjoy!

[marknewton]

You may have seen this site before, but if you haven't, there is a wealth of good material on it.

 

http://6.fan-site.net/~haasan55/index.htm

[marknewton]

Another site full of B&W goodies is this one:

 

http://hokuso.com/menu.html

 

One part of it I found extremely interesting is the section devoted to the Mie Kotsu's Matsusaka line. This was another 762mm gauge electric railway centered on Matsusaka in Mie prefecture. 23km long in total, it was closed in December 1964. Unlike the other Mie narrow gauge lines, there doesn't seem to be much published on the web about this railway, so finding these images was like finding gold.

 

http://hokuso.com/matsusaka/html-matsusaka.html