Tracking Japanese trains with You Tube Subscriptions

[bill937ca]

People who post videos to You Tube have a You Tube Channel to which you can subscribe.  I use this method to track what is going on with the trains in Japan. If you have a wide enough catalog of videos you should be able to see any kind of train--Shinkansen, Blue Train, EMU, DMU, JRF container trains, private railways, steam, streetcars and interurbans.

 

To do this you really need to set up a You Tube account which allows you to bookmark favorites, create play lists (basically file videos for future reference) and create an You Tube channel.

 

I have my the new Videos page for my Subscriptions bookmarked in my browser so at a single click I can see the a proof sheet like page showing all the newest videos each day.  It only takes a minute to see if there is anything I want to look at right away.

 

Here are some You Tube channels from Japanese railfans, mainly on JR trains. If you click on Videos you can see the types of trains each poster video tapes.

 

Syaso (1185 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/syaso

 

Pikarail (570 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/pikarail

 

jk2125 (1517 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/jk2125

 

RailwayMovies (51 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/RAILWAYMOVIES

 

Railfan  (157 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/railfan

 

Nimo5 (422 videos, most recently in China)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/nimo5

 

Oneko700 (281 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/oneko700

 

E321111 (396 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/E231111

 

Mogusaen (255 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/mogusaen

 

u8ka2 (174 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/u8ka2

 

maruhiru (267 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/maruhiru

 

ayokoi (264 videos)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/ayokoi

 

More later including model trains......

[Bernard]

Ahhhh, so that's one of the ways you find those great posts of yours (but I also like your explanations that go along with your posts.)  Thanks for sharing.

[bill937ca]

Ahhhh, so that's one of the ways you find those great posts of yours (but I also like your explanations that go along with your posts.)  Thanks for sharing.

 

Yes, it makes it easier to find something if someone asks.

[scott]

Bill--

 

A while back, I found someone online--I'm not even sure it was on Youtube--who had lots of very clear, sharp videos of Shinkansens. Does that ring a bell? There are a lot of great videos on Youtube, but some of the videos are a bit dim or grainy, and the one I was looking for looked very well done.

[bill937ca]

Bill--

 

A while back, I found someone online--I'm not even sure it was on Youtube--who had lots of very clear, sharp videos of Shinkansens. Does that ring a bell? There are a lot of great videos on Youtube, but some of the videos are a bit dim or grainy, and the one I was looking for looked very well done.

 

Here's a few:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF1HhJM7EkM

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUMD8UHRYT0

 

Bullet train shop inspection.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUcfsqlzLRs&feature=related

 

 

 

40th Anniversary

 

[scott]

Thanks, Bill! I'll have fun going through those...

 

scott