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Minami Senju Yard lead |
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On this day the yard seems relatively empty..It is a big single end hub for loading and unloading containers and has a dedicated diesel switcher. Just outside of the station is a footbridge over the JR line which affords this view. {Minami Senju='South Thousand Dwellings'} |
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4/14/2014 Upload Date: 4/22/2014 1:54:06 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Yard |
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Commemorative Rail [?] |
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Deep in the bowels of [I think] the Asakusa Metro Subway station was this memorial to....not sure of the significance here but, it looks like maybe the first section of rail in the system..It may have been electrified as it has ceramic 'tie plates' and was a 1926 product of Bethlehem steel. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/2014 Upload Date: 4/22/2014 1:41:46 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Track |
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| Title: |
switchpoint, MSJ |
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Detail of one of the Switchpoints at Minami Senju. I think the beige tabs are for some kind of sensing device? |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/2014 Upload Date: 4/22/2014 2:03:52 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Yard,Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
Dsig8OMY |
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Cool detail shot of a set of dwarf signals, Track #8, Omiya Station. {Omiya=Great(Big) Palace} |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/2014 Upload Date: 4/23/2014 3:23:00 AM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
StubSigOMY |
| Description: |
Looking like something out of a Star Wars epic, this 'Stub' signal guards the south end of track #12. Incidentally track 12 is the last platform track at Omiya and looks like it is never used. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/2014 Upload Date: 4/23/2014 3:31:38 AM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
PTS7OMY |
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Track #7 has this signal cluster pigeonholed in at the north end of the platform, while in the background a commuter EMU rolls by. Clearance is such that the backboard of the Through/East signal is cut in half. The foreground signal governs the #7 'Upper' track. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/2014 Upload Date: 4/23/2014 3:41:18 AM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal |
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| Title: |
Tsigs3OMY |
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Signal cluster at the south end of tracks 3 and 4, Omiya. Track 4 'rear' signal's backboard is again cut in half to clear passing trains. Further back tracks 5 and 6 are guarded by thier own signals. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/2014 Upload Date: 4/23/2014 3:54:29 AM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
Tsigs4OMY |
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Bewildering [!!] Signal cluster at the north end of platform 11, Omiya. #11 through, east has the green for a departing EMU. 11 Upper and the 11 'River' signals both have red. Further back all 3 aspects for track 10 are on yellow and #9, red. |
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4/16/2014 Upload Date: 4/23/2014 4:11:28 AM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
SigsnFHM |
| Description: |
This 'Check Your Signal[s]!!' sighn guards the south platform end at Fuchu Honmachi station. {Fuchu Honmachi='Mid-state'(Prefecture) Oldtown} |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/2014 Upload Date: 4/23/2014 4:38:01 AM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
JREMowTrnIKB |
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This little MoW train was parked at The Ikebukuro station. Not sure what it does, I suspect it may be a ballast cleaner. Both ends have these little 16 tonners to move it around. {Ikebukuro='Sack Pond'} |
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4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 1:45:53 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
JRE16TL IKB |
| Description: |
A Closer view of the 16 tonner making up end of this train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 2:01:51 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
JRE16TLs2 IKB |
| Description: |
View of the 'picture window' end....interestingly, it has a coupler but uses a drawbar for for making the connection to it's train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 2:06:27 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
JRE16TLs3 IKB |
| Description: |
Side view. Seems to have 3 axles and a spare drawbar. |
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4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 2:12:12 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
JRE16TLs3 IKB |
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At the other end was this 16 tonner. Possibly it is a 'TMC400A' model. This one has a more robust cab roof. |
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4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 2:21:19 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
JRE16TLs4 IKB |
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Cab end view. Luckily I took some HDR photos of this engine, as in the normal shot[s] all of the cab lines got washed out against the building. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 2:25:32 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
JREMowEqpIKBs2 |
| Description: |
A JRE Rube Goldberg Machine??? -It looks to be some kind of liquid cleaning equiptment: The car behind seems to carry a tank. Behind that is the generator. Umbilicals run from the generator to this car and the one to the left. The left 2 cars have pressurized pipes and look like hoppers. |
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4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 2:41:25 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
JREMowEqpIKBs1 |
| Description: |
This looks like a 4 wheel side dump 'mini-gon' temporarily repurposed to hold this NES300 generator. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/24/2014 2:37:14 PM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
JRraki5231rlOMY |
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Not the best photo, this is a detail of a unit rail train EOT. This one quietly creeped throught the station area at Omiya before coming to a stop awaiting a green signal. Rail trains are short by our standards, usually about 12 or so of these 40 ft.[?] flats. MoW equiptment are painted in classic black. As is obvious, rather than carry the rail on racks as we do, JR practice is to stack them compactly rail head to base on the car deck. I never saw any F.R.E.D.'s in use there, EOT is simply indicated with the 2 red pie plate targets on the last car. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2014 Upload Date: 4/25/2014 10:12:48 AM |
| Location: |
Tokyo, JP |
| Author: |
Marty Pfohl |
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RollingStock,Track |
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