Here we're in the middle of winter in Tokyo. It's clear every day in the regions here on the Pacific Ocean. Winter is one of the best seasons to take railway pictures in the Pacific Ocean side including the Tokyo metropolitan area. The blue sky gives railway photographers many beautiful subjects.
One day, I headed to the northern suburb. My destination was "the 2nd Kubo railway crossing", where we can take photos of the Tobu Ogose line trains. The Ogose line is a local branch route of the Tobu-Tojo line. A 4-car train, EMU 8000 series, is operated every 15 minutes. After arriving at the railway crossing, the southbound train soon approached. That's a special-colored train, trainset 81107 of the 8000 series. The orange and dark beige colored bodies are a revival of the Tobu trains in the 1960s. It was very beautiful under the winter sunlight.
Is that the end of today's post? No, I'm still in the middle of it. Five minutes later, the other train approached the railway crossing... a diesel railcar, JR East KiHa 110 series, not a Tobu train. What was going on there? The gimmick is as follows. The 2nd Kubo railway crossing is used by two companies, namely Tobu Railway and JR East. Tobu uses one track as the Ogose line, while JR East uses another track as the Hachiko line. The latter is not electrified, so we can see the diesel railcar.
I served a double purpose at the 2nd Kubo railway crossing.
