January - Intercity Railway Society

1937 built 2-6-2T C12 164, owned by the
Japanese National Trust stored out of use
27 May 2011
after spending many years on static display
in Kyushu, 2-6-4T C11 190, built in 1940 was
restored and returned to service in 2003
Shin Kanaya workshops, 27 May 2011
Now back to Kanaya to change for our train to Tokyo where we had about 3 hours free time before
heading to the airport. I still had not seen as many locomotives as I would have liked and when I was
here 5 years ago I visited a depot at Shin Kawzsaki, about 20 minutes out of Tokyo so I decided to go
there and 5 of the group came with me. This is quite good as there are a lot of locomotives stabled in
the station area with a road on both sides of the tracks joined by an overbridge, all of which are good
vantage points. The depot itself was about a quarter of a mile from the station so we walked to it and
saw more from a footbridge. We did not attempt to enter, so happy with that, we returned to Tokyo to
catch the train to our hotel.
on the whole tour the best selection of
locomotives together was at Shin Kawzsaki
depot (Tokyo) where EF64 1003 is seen
27 May 2011
Double, Bo+Bo+Bo+Bo EH500 27
Shin Kawzsaki depot
27 May 2011
from the road overbridge, 10 electric locos
are seen outside Shin Kawzsaki station
27 May 2011
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Shin Kawzsaki Depot from the footbridge with
DE10 1136, DE11 2004 (skirt) and in the
foreground DE10 1669, 27 May 2011