serotta1972 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, railsquid said: Rail photographers hard at work Such a normal scene in Japan. When I was admiring and taking photos of a train here in the US, I was asked to leave the platform area and if I had ticket. Link to comment
Sheffie Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 11 hours ago, serotta1972 said: Such a normal scene in Japan. When I was admiring and taking photos of a train here in the US, I was asked to leave the platform area and if I had ticket. When I was a kid in 1970’s England you just paid 2p each for a platform ticket. Much simpler. Link to comment
railsquid Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 As long as you don't use a tripod, or do anything silly, they don't seem to mind here. What really gets me every time I see it are the "announcement recorders" who hold up microphones on sticks directly against platform loudspeakers to record announcements. 3 Link to comment
EdF Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) I would love to get some clean announcements! I have the melodies, but the only announcements I can find are like being on the platform with all the other noises. Edited April 9, 2019 by EdF Link to comment
railsquid Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Sounds like you need a microphone-on-a-stick then? Link to comment
railsquid Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 And here's one I saw earlier today, hard at work at Nishi-Kokubunji. Link to comment
railsquid Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 One of these Chuo Line things is not like the others. Correct. I don't remember if the front panel is actually yellow, or it's a trick of the light. 2 Link to comment
EdF Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 On 4/9/2019 at 10:47 AM, railsquid said: Sounds like you need a microphone-on-a-stick then? I don't have a stick that long! Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 On 4/9/2019 at 7:06 AM, railsquid said: Rail photographers hard at work What amazes me is how that arrow is pointing directly at the older man ~ 😛 2 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I think the sign reads “densha otaku photographer stand here” Cheers jeff 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 A very faux-retro EF64 1052 earlier today. EF64 1052 at Hachioji, 2019-04-25 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 4 Link to comment
railsquid Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 In the fading days of the Heisei era, you can still find reminders of JNR (国鉄), here adorning the guide map of a JR East-owned company housing complex near Kichijoiji. 2 Link to comment
Pashina12 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I hope they save that for posterity... Link to comment
miyakoji Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 10 hours ago, railsquid said: In the fading days of the Heisei era, you can still find reminders of JNR (国鉄), here adorning the guide map of a JR East-owned company housing complex near Kichijoiji. Kokutetsu is a patch, any idea if this was originally municipal or prefectural housing? Here's an English-language blog post: https://thetokyofilesdanchi.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/kichijoji-kitamachi-company-housing/ Comparing the last photo there, from 1974-1978, to present google map, the southern-most group of 5 buildings and the nearest of the next block north existed at that time. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7120563,139.5777101,474m/data=!3m1!1e3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 4 hours ago, miyakoji said: Kokutetsu is a patch, any idea if this was originally municipal or prefectural housing? It looks like it was covered up by something which fell off at some point (checks Street View) - ah yes, here in June 2018: https://goo.gl/maps/acH6HWBEHfPPSoEs9 though going back in history, the tape was applied between late 2014 and early 2015, but was not present at all before then. Probably why I never noticed that before even though I've been passing by that way since 2011 or so quite often, my interest in railways didn't pick up until around 2015. Link to comment
miyakoji Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Ah I see. Looking at the background of your pic, it looks like they've started to control that greenery. The neighbors in that otherwise nice looking area probably appreciate it. Link to comment
railsquid Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 An unidentified EF65 and EF64 1003 passing at Musashi-Urawa station on the Musashino line. ef65-ef64-musashi-urawa-2019-05-12_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr (taken from my mobile phone while holding the Squidlet, aged 4.4/ca 16kg). 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) My my, what a long nose. e5-shinkansen-jr-museum-2019-05-12_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr E5-900 series at the JR Museum in Omiya. Edited May 12, 2019 by railsquid 3 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Promotional advertising for the Nonowa station mall at Musashi-Sakai Station on the Chuo Line. 2 Link to comment
railsquid Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 EF65 1104 at Haijima: EF65 1104 at Haijima, 2019-09-03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Shots from mobile camera in dull lighting conditions, mainly interesting as the loco was sitting there not far from the platforms so I could take a look at some detail, e.g.: EF65 1104 at Haijima, 2019-09-03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr which gives me the idea to e.g. paint the edges of the shunter footplates. A couple more shots lurking at the bottom of this album: EF65 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 The two famous symbols of Japan, Mt. Fuji and "安全＋第一", in vertical harmony: mitaka-2019-10-13_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr (crop from a mobile phone photo, I must get there one day when the sky is clear with a proper camera). 3 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 A bit of an unusual day... got to the platform at Mitaka and a (the) East i-E pulled in and disgorged a small bunch of people, some in the usual railway workwear, some wearing suits/business clothes, dunno what that was about, I kind of got the impression it was some kind of PR exercise or similar. It departed westwards along the Chuo line. east-i_mitaka_2019-10-24_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr east-i_mitaka_2019-10-24_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr Then later at Omiya, a freight train was announced as passing through and it turned out to be an EF81 hauling a single Cassiopeia car sandwiched between that and another EF81. ef81-cassiopeia_omiya_2019-10-24_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr ef81-cassiopeia_omiya_2019-10-24_04 by Rail Squid, on Flickr ef81-cassiopeia_omiya_2019-10-24_03 by Rail Squid, on Flickr ef81-cassiopeia_omiya_2019-10-24_02 by Rail Squid, on Flickr The rear loco appeared to be under power as well. The internet speculates this was a driver training exercise. 6 Link to comment
railsquid Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 Otsuki Station on Wednesday, after normal services west of Takao were resumed at the start of the week. otsuki-2019-10-30_01 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 Finally managed to travel on one of the Chuo Line's two 209-1000 series sets. Chuo Line 209-1000 series (set 81) by Rail Squid, on Flickr Chuo Line 209-1000 series (set 81) by Rail Squid, on Flickr 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 EF65 2066 at Hachioji EF65 2066 by Rail Squid, on Flickr 5 Link to comment
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