I am very interested in Japanese trains. However, I have found only limited English language sources either online or in print. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you. ありがとう。
I just recently joined these forums, and I did not realize that I could “reply” to my own post. I will give it a try. (I am also having some computer problems, so please excuse me if this reply appears twice.)
I do have one English language book about Japanese Trains: “Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914” by Dan Free. Tuttle 2008. It has many interesting vintage photos. I have read the first chapter, which was very good. The writing is dense, so I have not had time to read further than that. Have any of you read this book? Could you post a short review?
Those of you who know some Japanese know that “railway” is written in Japanese as 鉄道. Separately, these two characters mean "iron"and “road.”
Hello everybody,
Although almost 200 of you have viewed this thread, I have decided to move this dicussion to the more specialized forum at www.jnsforum.com “Japanese Modeling & Japan Rail Enthusiasts Forum.” The new discussion is in “Off Topic” under “Japanese Train Info in English.”
Thank you for your interest. I am looking forward to everyone’s suggestions and hope to contribute some of my own.