JR West Yanase Station, San'in Main Line - 381s, 183s, 113s

[scott]

I like these videos as much for the little details and ambient sounds as for the trains, although somebody really needs to replant that hillside in the background. They also don't feel over-edited or rushed, so you get to see a bit of what's going on.

 

381s:

 

 

183s:

 

 

113:

 

 

Lots of passengers for this 223 (watch the overpass windows):

[bikkuri bahn]

Like those 381's on the Kounotori service.  Too bad they're just pinch hitting until the end of the month, when the new 287 series are delivered.

 

Lots of passengers for this 223

High school students.

 

Picture from pre-electrifications days (Mar. 1985):

http://www.jnr-photo.com/DC80/DC82matsukaze/DC82matsukaze-h.JPG

[scott]

Picture from pre-electrifications days (Mar. 1985):

http://www.jnr-photo.com/DC80/DC82matsukaze/DC82matsukaze-h.JPG

 

Nice find--and it says something about how frequently they're clearcutting those hillsides. I wonder what it looked like before the monoculture tree plantations.