Unazuki rail yard of Kurobe Kyoku Railway in Toyama Prefecture
December was the month of house cleaning in Japan, so many people refreshed themselves for New Year's Day. I started cleaning my hard disk (not my house!) to organize my huge amount of photographs and found that some old pictures were worth showing in this blog. Let's get started with some rail yard photos from Toyama Prefecture.
Kurobe Kyokoku Railway is a sightseeing route similar to the Ikawa line of Ooigawa Railway. Connecting Unazuki and Keyakidaira, its route length is 20.1 kilometers. The gauge size is only 762 millimeters. It has a single track with a 600 V DC overhead electric system. Lovely passenger coaches pulled by electric locomotives are operated. Looking at the beautiful Kurobe gorge scenery, visitors can enjoy traveling for one hour and twenty minutes from Unazuki terminal.
The rail yard is adjacent to Unazuki terminal. It was midsummer, a peak season of the railway. I could see many tiny locomotives and passenger coaches frequently going in and out the yard. It was like a diorama in a museum. The situation was the same in the evening. The railway employees were very busy shunting the electric locomotives one after another to prepare for the next day's operation. The rail yard was bustling with activity.
Incidentally, you can see not only small locomotives and coaches but also standard sized trains in the photo. They were trains of Toyama Chihou Railway, which is also a local private railway in Toyama Prefecture. I am going to introduce them one day.
Kurobe Kyokoku Railway is a sightseeing route similar to the Ikawa line of Ooigawa Railway. Connecting Unazuki and Keyakidaira, its route length is 20.1 kilometers. The gauge size is only 762 millimeters. It has a single track with a 600 V DC overhead electric system. Lovely passenger coaches pulled by electric locomotives are operated. Looking at the beautiful Kurobe gorge scenery, visitors can enjoy traveling for one hour and twenty minutes from Unazuki terminal.
The rail yard is adjacent to Unazuki terminal. It was midsummer, a peak season of the railway. I could see many tiny locomotives and passenger coaches frequently going in and out the yard. It was like a diorama in a museum. The situation was the same in the evening. The railway employees were very busy shunting the electric locomotives one after another to prepare for the next day's operation. The rail yard was bustling with activity.
Incidentally, you can see not only small locomotives and coaches but also standard sized trains in the photo. They were trains of Toyama Chihou Railway, which is also a local private railway in Toyama Prefecture. I am going to introduce them one day.
Night view of Unazuki rail yard, Kurobe Kyoku Railway