Lost Scenes of Local Private Railways, by Katsumi Kazama (Book) 978-4-905659-26-6, published by Kigei Shuppansha Co.

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Author: Katsumi Kazama
Published by: Kigei Shuppansha
Publication date: May 1, 2024 (first edition)
Size: B5 (182mm x 257mm)
Number of pages: 200 (B&W pages, some color pages)

Included routes
Nihon Iwo Numajiri Railway / Hanamaki Electric Railway Line / Hanamaki Electric Railway Track Line / Tsugaru Railway / Yamagata Kotsu Takahata Line / Hago Kotsu Yokoso Line / Yamagata Kotsu Miyama Line / Fukushima Kotsu Track Line / Higashino Railway / Choshi Electric Railway / Jobu Railway / Kanto Railway Hokota Line / Nagareyama Electric Railway / Kajima Sangyu Railway Ryugasaki Line / Echigo Kotsu Tochio Line / Kubiki Railway / Izu Hakone Railway Track Line / Kintetsu Railway Uchi-Hachioji Line / Enshu Railway Okuyama Line / Shizuoka Railway Sunto Line / Mie Electric Railway Shima Line / Keifuku Electric Railway Fukui Branch Mikuni-Ashihara Line / Keifuku Electric Railway Fukui Branch Eiheiji Line / Hokuriku Electric Railway Noto Line / Hokuriku Electric Railway Kanazawa City Line / Hokuriku Electric Railway Asanogawa Line / Hokuriku Electric Railway Kanan Line / Ogoya Railway / Hokuriku Electric Railway Komatsu Line / Nogami Electric Railway / Gobo Rinko Railway / Nankai Electric Railway Kishigawa Line / Beppu Railway / Awaji Kotsu / Kaetsu Railway / Keifuku Electric Railway Kurama Line / Sanyo Electric Railway Hatai Line / Saidaiji Railway / Onomichi Railway / Ikasa Railway / Kure City Tram / Tosa Electric Railway / Nagasaki Electric Railway Oura Branch Line / Kagoshima City Tram Uemachi Line
Attachment: "Railroad Track Map" for passenger and freight office use, 1952

Information editing: Sakatsu Gallery

Why are we drawn to that time period...
The answer is here.

The long-awaited book version of the popular TMS July 2019 (No. 930) to June 2022 (No. 965) serial of the same name has been expanded and re-edited with new editions.
19In the 1960s, a modest-sized regional private railroad was the last living link in the chain of railroads in various parts of Japan.
There existed an atmosphere of the times that transcended the mere hobby of vehicles.
"It was just the kind of scene I wanted to make a diorama of. (From the foreword of this book)

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