Echigo Kotsu Moha1400

[sportinglife]

Is the railcar in object the same of Niigata Kotsu Moha16 and Gakunai Railway Moha1107 regauged for narrow gauge operation or Echigo Kotsu Moha1400 has a smaller profile?

Thanks 

M

[bill937ca]

Cars of this design on small private railways were second-hand 1920s vintage rolling stock, off the Seibu line in the case of the Kambara Railway. Many small lines could have cars of same general design.  Echigo Kotsu stock appears to have been tan and tangerine.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/FBl2CgWFsv4

[sportinglife]

Can anyone provide me some info about this railway? In english it isn't very easy to find infos

Thanks

Marco

[bill937ca]

Can anyone provide me some info about this railway? In english it isn't very easy to find infos

Thanks

Marco

 

This is a Japanese Wikipedia article translated with Google translate.  It has a map, station list, time line and roster notes.  But not all of the article translates. Note this was a special narrow gauge line at 762mm versus 1067mm on JR lines and 1435mm standard gauge as on Shinkansen lines which are standard gauge.

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E8%25B6%258A%25E5%25BE%258C%25E4%25BA%25A4%25E9%2580%259A%25E6%25A0%2583%25E5%25B0%25BE%25E7%25B7%259A&usg=ALkJrhh-08lzh-yioYV4cKHXKL_2-MkdBQ

 

The company continues as a bus operation.

 

http://www.echigo-kotsu.co.jp/

 

Japanese pages with photos.

 

http://works-k.cocolog-nifty.com/page1/2009/05/1971-8457.html

 

http://works-k.cocolog-nifty.com/page1/2009/05/1972-e17d.html

[sportinglife]

Thanks Bill. The word-by-word translation of google translator led to an almost uncomprensible text. I'll have a look on pictures your links.

Here are some more pix http://www.geocities.jp/tnk_ko/r_pic/EchigoKoutu.html

Marco

[sportinglife]

Can anyone list the stations in English of EKK? The google translator is very unsatisfactory :sad: :sad:

[ISO8]

Dear sportinglife

 

Here is the station list written by Kanji & hiragana.

http://w01.tp1.jp/~a073009361/ALAS/PR/kk/echigo.htm

 

I'm ready to translate these station names if you want.

 

best regards,

 

P.S.

My mother was lived in Tochio and often used Tochio line, called "Tottetsu"

but I was born in 1974 so I haven't seen. OMG.

[sportinglife]

Thanks! I will have a look!

[bill937ca]

Can anyone provide me some info about this railway? In english it isn't very easy to find infos

Thanks

Marco

 

I recently came across some information on this defunct line Niigata Transport. Some good shots of Moi No. 51 pulling four wheel freight cars.

 

http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/niigata/niigata-1.html

 

http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/niigata/niigata-2.html

 

http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/niigata/niigata-3.html

 

http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/niigata/niigata-dia.html

 

More here:

 

http://tnk-ko.a.la9.jp/niigata/niigata.html

Edited June 18, 2013 by bill937ca