Kawagoe Train Yard

Sorry, it has been nearly a month apart from last post...

Just visited JR East's Kawagoe train yard.  It is located near Minami-Furuya station on Kawagoe line.  The yard host trains used on Saikyo line mainly as it operates throughly with Kawagoe line up to Kawagoe.  There are some trains for Hachiko line as well.

Now migration from 205 Series to E233 is ongoing quite rapidly and seeing many E233 nowdays.

Trip to Fukuoka

Went to Fukuoka for business travel from Oct. 5 to 7.
Just took some photos.  Movies will be uploaded to my YouTube channel as usual later.

1. 885 Series Sonic and 813 series local train
885 Sonic was arrived to Hakata and preparing for return trip.
813 train bounds for Fukuma.

2. 817 Series Local Train
Sasaguri Line just arrived to Hakata station.

3. 811 Series Local Train
Bounds for Araki

4. Minami Fukuoka Train Yard
Just took JR Kagoshima Honsen Line from Hakata to Minami-Fukuoka.  Some photos at the train yard.  This can be seen from platform.

5. Nishitetsu Line
From JR Kyushu's Minami-Fukuoka station, it is a walking distance to Nishitesu's Zasshonokuma station.  It was about 10 minutes or so.  Some photo on Nishitetsu trains.

Type 3000, local train bounds for Chikushi

Type 5000 Local train bounds for Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin)

6. Tenjin station
Took Nishitetsu line going back to Hakata.  Actually Nishitetsu line ends at Tenjin, where is apart from Hakata.  Need to take bus or subway to go to Hakata.  Below is type 8000, limited express bounds for Omuta

Freight Terminal

The only JR line which go through my town is JR Musashino line.  Luckily my house is walking distance (about 15 to 20 minutes) to Musashino line track and there is a JR Freight's Koshigaya Freight Terminal.  Just visited to see.

1. Overview
This photo is taken from near main entrance but the view is not so good.  You see lots of containers and those shipping and handling line.  Musashino line track is located very right.  Actually, I can have better view from the big bridge far end but as you can see the bridge has non-transparent panel and can't see....

2. Locomotives
At this freight terminal, locomotives are normally parking far from the entrance area.  I see them around below the big bridge on far end.  It seems EF64 (right) and EF66 (left) are there.

3. Other
205 Series Musashino Line trains

Nanakodai Railyard visit

Last weekend, I went to Nanakodai Railyard with my kids.
It is located near Nanakodai station on Tobu Noda Line.  This is one of railyard I take my kids.  The location is about 45 minutes driving from my home.

Here is my roaster of railyard around my home.

1. Around Minami-Urawa station on Keihin Tohoku line
2. Higashi-Omiya rolling stock yard on JR Tohoku line
3. Tokyo Metro Ayase railyard on Chiyoda line
4. Nanakodai railyard on Tobu Noda line

I have already uploaded movie I took on my YouTube channel, so I just put other photos.

1. Overview
I can't get closer to see whole area...

2. New model
New Tobu 60000 Series train on right.  The model recently moved into operation.  The train on left is Tobu 8000 Series, which is used to be a standard rolling stock at Tobu line.

3. Watch out for splash
There is a train body washing machine on the back.  I didn't see this signboard before.  I believe someone waiting at the crossing got wet and complained to Tobu....

4. Others
Trains departing and arriving at Nanakodai station...

At Hachioji station

I went to Hachioji station, which is west of Tokyo for my work.
Took some photos at there as the station is a major terminal for both passenger and freight train.

1. E233 Chuo line

2. DE10 Diesel Locomotive
This seems a switcher at Hachioji station.  There is no big terminal but we see quite many tank cars here as there is a oil terminal and handling petrol shipment to those Nagano or inland area.  I already see the newest Hybrid Diesel locomotive HD300 at the nearest freight terminal (Koshigaya Freight Terminal on Musashino line) from my home but here still have ordinary one.

3. 205 Series Yokohama line
Yokohama line starts from here.  We can see some other train which coming from Sagami line.

4. EH200 Electric Locomotive and tankers
Looks like those tankers are empty and will be forwarded to Negishi terminal, maybe.

5. Hopper Cars
It seems like they are for railroad maintenance purpose.   Most likely transporting ballast for railtrack.

B Trains

I would like to share my collection of B Train Shorties.
Before start collecting N scale model, I bought some of them to run on N scale railroad.  The purpose was it was easy to create small "on the table" layout using Super Mini Curve rail from Tomix and it was affordable compared from ordinary N scale model.

1. Shizuoka Railway Series 1000
This is 2 car unit.  Just bought on this May when I went to Shizuoka as it seems this one is not sold around.

2. Shizuoka Railway Series 1000 with CENOVA painting
Cenova is a name of the building with shop at their Shin-Shizuoka station.

3. JR East E531 Joban Line

4. Tobu Railway Series 50050

I also have Electric Loco but not confortable with performance so it is stored.  I have some more but not assembled yet... Tobu Spacia, E233, etc....

New Items for Sept. 15

I will be soon listing item shown on below picture to eBay auction.
Each item will be listed individually, so there will be 4 auctions.
Enjoy bidding if you like those item.  All of them are used item but in very good condition.
Sorry, they are all N scale model.

In addition, number of Kawai freight cars and containers by Hogarakado are now in my inventory.
They are all new item and will be listed in future (sorry, no auction for them).  For sure I can be offering them with pretty reasonable price.  You see list price on those Hogarakado containers and I can offer with that price.  Please let me know if you are interested.

Reefer cars

Please be informed that this article is referring on N scale.

I got some used reefer or refrigerator wagon.
Actually they are very old model seems like more than 20, 30 or more years... but still it runs.

1. Reefer Container Wagon
This is a series of container wagon with reefer container.  It is a combination of KOKI10000 container wagon and KOKIFU10000 container wagon with guard's van.  This is made by KATO.  Unfortunately, those reefer containers are not detachable.

2. Reefer Covered Wagon
A combination of RESA10000 reefer covered wagon and REMUFU10000, which is a covered wagon with guard's van.  This is also by KATO.  The photo is just 2 cars but actually I now have total of 7 RESA10000 and 1 REMUFU10000.  I think they were used to simulate those express freight train "TOBIUO" or "GINRIN", which were transporting fish.

3. Others
Several 2 axle reefer wagons.  From top, they are REMU5000, RE12000, and WAMU80000.  This WAMU80000 is very unusual to have this white coloring because they are normally brown.  In actual it seems some WAMU80000 was used for fish transport and painted with white color...

Please let me know if you are interested in any of above.
But first, let me clean those wheels as some of them are not cleaned.

Additional Z scale models

I've got additional Z scale trains.
Please let me know if you are interested.

1. Tenshodo's steam locomotive C62-3
This is plastic made but made in detail.

2. Tenshodo's covered wagon with guard's van WAFU29500
This has rear-end light feature on both end and it illuminates while running.  Very nice.

3. Rokuhan's Series 14 coach (4 car set)
4 coach cars are packed in this nice casket.  Two cars with conductor room has rear-end light feature on one end of the car and it illuminates.  Also there is a place to install train embrem and that place also illuminates.