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Saw this from a Yamanote Line train between Meguro and Gotanda this afternoon.

 

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Three of us went for dinner at the Niagara curry restaurant in Yutenji this evening. Down the street was a tiny park with a signal and a driving wheel set from C57 117.

 

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Spent today riding trains and trams and things around Tokyo, finally managed to ride all the way to the Waseda end of the Arakawa tram line. A visit to Akihabara this evening was cut short by rain so only visited Shosen Book Tower and Tam Tam, might head back there on Saturday if I have time. Never seem to have enough time to do everything I want to in Tokyo.

 

 

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bikkuri bahn

I see you made it out to the Tokorozawa area.  I like the remodeled station-thankfully they didn't elevate it (pity about the old style platform details disappearing though).  I usually take a break at the Tully's cafe inside the concourse area.

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That Seibu terminal station is so damn spacious for a Japanese station; usually everything is cramped in the smallest space possible.

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That Seibu terminal station is so damn spacious for a Japanese station; usually everything is cramped in the smallest space possible.

 

That's a red herring.  Seibu Kyujo-mae station averages only 9,356 passengers a day. Its located in front of the Seibu Dome, home of the Saitama Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific league. Most of the tracks are for overflow on event days.

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That's a red herring.  Seibu Kyujo-mae station averages only 9,356 passengers a day. Its located in front of the Seibu Dome, home of the Saitama Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific league. Most of the tracks are for overflow on event days.

They normally only use one track, I would love to go out there on a game day to see it all in action, the six platforms all funnel into a single track branch line.

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yudananka61

thankyou for your marvellous pictures   we here in Germany have many fine tram systems  if you ever get the chance come visit Germany some time

 

meet me in  my home town of Plattling if you travel that way i can show you the sights

 

Heinrich

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thankyou for your marvellous pictures   we here in Germany have many fine tram systems  if you ever get the chance come visit Germany some time

 

meet me in  my home town of Plattling if you travel that way i can show you the sights

 

Heinrich

You had me there for a minute.

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Broke away from the group today and mostly spent the day in the Kawasaki area filming freight trains.

 

Last night in Japan, fly home tomorrow night.

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Tsurumi 205!

 

Nice 251 Super View Odoriko too!

 

Enjoy your last night in Japan! Be sure to stuff the luggage full of models!

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Tsurumi 205!

 

Nice 251 Super View Odoriko too!

 

Enjoy your last night in Japan! Be sure to stuff the luggage full of models!

Only bought a half dozen containers and a Sankei building kit so far, nothing has really caught my eye so far though I will try and hit some more hobby shops in Akihabara tomorrow after my room mate and I do a couple of laps on the Disneyland monorail.  Raining all day today so went back to hotel at Meguro early and had dinner at the Mos Burger down the street with window overlooking the Yamanote Line.

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They normally only use one track, I would love to go out there on a game day to see it all in action, the six platforms all funnel into a single track branch line.

 

I think most of the tracks are used to layover trains.  These days there may be Tokyu trains from Baystar territory in Yokohama, Yakult Swallow fans from Shinjuku or Yomiuri Giant fans from Tokyo.

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Back home again. Spent the last morning in Japan riding the Disneyland Monorail.

 

 

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I'm glad you made it home safely, west.  Thanks for all the pics.

 

It's only an hour difference between you and JST, isn't it?  For me it's half a day.  Does that make the trip easier or harder?  :)

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My total photo count for this trip was 3204, kilometres traveled 7416.4.

 

You don't really notice the hour time difference and its only an 8-9 hour flight so it's not a hard trip.

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Nice photos of the DIsney monorails.....like the hanging straps and windows......boy Disney is everywhere!

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