Japanese Model Trains
For all JR Group, JNR, JGR and other private company modelling.
Organizer:
- Organized by
-
-
Group Feed
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
11 years ago, I acquired some secondhand ED75s in various states of running capability. One even turned out to be an original release Tomy product from the mid-1970s.
All six were ran, the 70s version reverting back to static display.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#wamu Wednesday
The WaMu is a four wheel box wagon type that was in use until the 2000s.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#sleeper Sunday.
Sadly, the Blue Trains fell out of favour and sleepers tend to be very rare now.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
A continuation of #seki Saturday.
The EF64 and DD54 pose on what was my more ambitious uncompleted layout.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#seki Saturday.
The typical coal-carrying wagon of the JNR era.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#freight Friday
Various freight wagons on show.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#thunder Thursday.
The freight EF510s carry the “Red Thunder” logo on their sides.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#weathering Wednesday.
The DD54 was notorious for coating itself in oil when worked hard.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#taki Tuesday.
TaKi represents tge tanker class of freight wagon. Various liquids have been transported over the years, from oil and fuel to fancier things like carbolic acid.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
The large logo JR Freight EF65 was a mild curiousity when depots went to extraordinary lengths to trial colours on their allocated locomotives. Personally, as a fan of BR’s large logo era, I think this really hit the mark as far as liveries go.
Do you think BR or JR did it better?
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
This was the basis of my layout Rosesu. The inspiration came from Rothes, a town in Moray, Scotland. The station trackplan featured yard space for general freight, which included coal, livestock and distillery traffic. As my stock is 95% Japanese, it was easy to utilise the trackplan and reimagine a change in scenery and location. The…
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#meitetsu Monday
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
#seibu Sunday.
-
1046
Points
Rank:
Railway engineer
