This page is an addition to the JRS-pages. Please refer to these pages for further information about the JRS and the Bullet-in.

This page gives information about all Bullet-ins that have been issued so far, starting with the first issue in 1991. Listed are all articles (expect those that appear in [nearly] every issue like Chairman's Chat, News Update, Nagoya Expressed, and short notes). Articles which are about modelling are marked "M" (again no regular items like News and Reviews included). The list of photos in each issue refers to the colour photos in the Bullet-in.

Back numbers are availiable, although not of all issues. Please contact the JRS Sales and Library Division for availability and prices:
Peter Dibben, 2 Mancroft Close, Woolston, Lancs, WA1 4DH, England (or: pedibben@hotmail.com)

last update: 20 June 2003

no. 1 - November 1991

• Japanese Railways Today (1)
• M: Uncoupling in N Gauge

no. 2 - March 1992

• Japanese Railways Today (2)
• The Japanese Station (including M)
• Colourful Japan (introduction)

no. 3 - June 1992

• Nagoya Railroad - Meitetsu
• Colourful Japan (History, 1)
• M: Build it - Japanese Houses, Block Flats, High-rise Offices, Industrial Plants

no. 4 - September 1992

• The Kinki Nippon Railway "Kintetsu" (1 - The System and its History)
• Colourful Japan (History, 2)
• M: Layout Planning & Construction. A few Hints & Tips

no. 5 - December 1992

• The Kinki Nippon Railway "Kintetsu" (2 - Rolling Stock and Services) (including M)
• Colourful Japan (Geography)
• M: Track Plans & Planning

no. 6 - March 1993

• Seibu
• Colourful Japan (Climate)
• M: Model Signalling

no. 7 - June 1993

• The Keihan Railway and Affiliates
• A Look at Tokyo's Subways

no. 8 - September 1993

• Odakyu
• Tourist guide

no. 9 - December 1993

• Editor's Memories
• Japanese Monorails
• Looking ahead - the Chuo-Shinkansen
• A Ride on the Super-Hitachi
• Kurashiki Incident

no. 10 - March 1994

• On the Shinkansen and View from the Cab
• Preserved Japanese Steam
• An Enthusiasts Guide to the Yamanote-line
• Surcharge Ticket (norikoshi ryokin kippu)
• Japanese Modern EMUs

no. 11 - June 1994

• The JNR/JR 381 Series - Tilting Electric Multiple Units (including M)
• Hokkaido Overview
• Reminiscences of Japan in 1946/47

no. 12 - September 1994

• Day Trip to Ome (railway museum)
• Rural Third Sector Railways
• Conducting on the Odakyu
• Colourful Japan (People)

no. 13 - December 1994

• Tilting Trains in Japan
• JRS Tour 1994
• Kyushu Overview
• M: Introducing the Yama-no-Yu Sen

no. 14 - March 1995

• Letter to Moto
• Kobe in Happier Times (earthquake)
• Tokyu: Company - Network - History -Future - Rolling Stock
• What should trade unions do for railways and railway workers?

no. 15 - June 1995

• The Railways of Japan
• Letter to Moto
• Museum Meiji-Mura
• Japanese Railway Names

no. 16 - September 1995

• Japanese Railway Tickets
• The Day I drove the Yamanote
• Civil Engineering Feats
• Letter to Moto
• A ride on the 'Shinano'
• M: Kawai wagons

no. 17 - December 1995

• Train Simulator Review
• Japanese Night Trains of Today
• Shinkansen facts
• The Japanese Provinces
• Passenger Traffic in Japan (statistics)
• M: 'Shin-Izu' Layout
• M: Model trees

no. 18 - March 1996

• Some branch lines in Japan (1)
• Japan's Railways on the Internet
• Shinkansens on Stamps
• Keikyu (1)
• M: Discovery of Ohtaki Kits
• M: Layout Wiring Made Simple (1)

no. 19 - June 1996

• Wide-Ranging Tickets
• Some branch lines in Japan (2)
• Radical Rapi:t of Nankai Electric
• Trains to Narita Airport
• JRS Tour 1996
• Keikyu (2)
• M: Layout Wiring Made Simple (2)
• M: WinRail

no. 20 - September 1996

• Coming up for air
• Some branch lines in Japan (3)
• Japanese Railway Front Cab Design 1971-1991 (1)
• Tango Complexities
• Sotetsu - The Sagami Railway
• M: Signalling & Interlocks

no. 21 - December 1996

• Protection of rural lines
• Memories on the National Railway
• A New Japanese Preservation Site
• Tokyo Monorail Extension
• Japanese Railfreight (1)
• Special Yokohama Line Trains
• Steam Shed Nostalgia
• Japanese Railway Front Cab Design 1971-1991 (2)
• Shinkansen Activities

no. 22 - March 1997

• Japan's First Locomotive?
• Japanese Railfreight (2)
• Journeys on JNR 1946/47
• The Origins of the Usui Tôge Rack Railway in Japan, 1885-1894
• Japan and the American Connection: The First Model Railway in Japan
• JR Keiyô Line
• The Tôkyô Transportation Museum
• M: Modelling the Shin-Etsu Line

no. 23 - June 1997

• Train Types
• Japanese Front Cab Design 1971-1991 (3)
• Blue Ribbon and Laurel Prize
• The Sabo Plant NG Railway
• The International High-Speed Railway Conference 1997
• Shinkansen- and Maglev-news
• M: Modelling Japanese freight trains

no. 24 - October 1997

• Series 500 Shinkansen Spotting
• Important Personalities of Japanese Railway History
• Virtual Trains
• The Introduction of Western Technology into Japan and its representation in Traditional Japanese Woodblock Prints (1)
• The First Railway in Japan: British Connections, Edmund Morel and a Romantic Story
• The Shimotsui Electric Railway
• M: Nerima
• M: Period Modelling

no. 25 - January 1998

• Kobe Earthquake
• Facts and Figures about Japanese Railways
• Berlin and the Japanese Railways
• The Chichibu Railway
• Farewell to "Roku-San", the Sherpa of the Pass
• M: Introducing Hokuriku Honsen
• M: Relationships to Prototypes
• M: Further Confessions of two RAPI:T Addicts! The Prototype experience, diecast alloy and a plastic conversion

no. 26 - April 1998

• Hideo Shima
• The Introduction of Western Technology into Japan and its representation in Traditional Japanese Woodblock Prints (2)
• Railway-Photographing in Japan
• Oigawa Railway (1)
• Guided Trains
• M: Layout Ideas
• M: The Greenmax JR211
• M: Model In

no 27 - July 1998

• Karafuto
• Oigawa Railway (2)
• Japanese National Railways: Facts & Figures
• Two Tokyo Tramways. Plus two tram museums & some subways
• A trip by 'Shirasagi'
• Danger overhead live wires (1)

no 28 - October 1998

• A note from our president
• Kyoto wanderings
• Trainspotting
• Danger overhead live wires (2)
• M: Modelling a JR West class 419 EMU
• Video review

• Company Annual Reports
• Nasake wa hito no tamenarazu: trip to Japan
• Remembrance of Steam in Hokkaido in the early 1970s
• Nagasaki Electric Tramway, Streetcars & Sightseeing
• The Imperial Government Railways of Japan (reprint, 1923)
• M: Scales and gauges
• M: Model-in

no 30 - April 1999

• Japanese Coal Mine Industry at Stake
• Annual General Meeting 1999
• Chance Meeting
• Start of the Series 700 Service Operation
• Crashing over to Japan: A very brief visit
• Railway-Photographing in Japan (2)
• An Innocent in Japan. Along the Japan Sea Coast
• Romance Car & Enoshima
• Enoden Electric Railway - Computer CD-Rom
• M: N-gauge Shinkansen Models
• M: Micro-Trains 'buckeye" couplers

• Panorama Cars in Japan
• Remaining Semaphores on the Kosaka Railway and the JR Hanawa Line
• Railway Statistics of Metropolitan Areas
• JR Yamanote Line & LUL Circle Line
• How to travel more than 10,000 miles with a 14-day JR-Pass
• Shinkansen Distances
• Rail Museums (4): The Kaya Steam Locomotive Square
• Railwaymen
• M: Monorails. An idea for an unusual model

• Snow, Ice, Coal, and a Marathon Journey
• Refurbishing JNR Stock
• Japan's Railway Ships (1)
• Yukiguni: Gala Yuzawa
• Two ATS Buttons at 350 km/h - The Sequel
• LED Colour Light Signals
• A Fine Autumn Day at Yokokawa
• Rail Museums (5): Usui Pass Revisited
• Colourful Japan: Some Wildlife (not Shinjuku)
• M: H0 EF 65
• M: Building Houses

no 33 - January 2000

• Feel the Breeze through the Open Window
• Temples, Pagodas and Castles - in despair?
• Farewell Kambara Railway
• The Onoda Line and its Single Car Train
• Railways in Karafuto
• Subway Construction in Japan
• Rail Museums (6): Tokyo Subway Museum
• Long station names
• Japan's Railway Ships (2)
• A ferry through the Inland Sea
• Swiss Locos with Japanese Names
• Railways on Stamps
• M: Yokogawa and Karuizawa stations on the Shin'etsu Line

no 34 - April 2000

• Japanese Rail-Related Websites
• Hakone
• Classification System of JNR (formerly JGR) Locomotives and Rolling Stock
• The JR Kabe-sen - soon to be closed?
• Tokyo Area JR Lines
• Steam in Japan - Update
• Japanese Rail Museums - an overview
• Museums with Military Aircraft
• Rail Museums (7): Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
• The Yume Bokujo Railway
• Japan's Railway Ships (3)
• Railway Safety in Japan: Value before Cost

no 35: July - September 2000

• Route signaling and speed signaling
• Rail Museums (8): Hiroshima
• DD51 commuting in Kyushu
• Sailing to Shikoku
• Tobu (1)
• My first trip in Japan
• Four hotels in five nights
• On Top of the World - Reflections on a Recent Trip to Japan
• Technical Development Plan of Superconducting Maglev
• Shuzenji Romney Railway in Niji-no-Sato, Rainbow Country
• Sister Museum Agreement (York/GB and Osaka,Kyoto/J)

no 36: October - December 2000

• Tobu (2)
• Tobu: Historical notes
• Rail Museums (9): Tobu
• More Kyoto Wanderings
• Rail Restaurants (1): Curry House "Niagara"
• Japanese Letters' Column
• Hokkaido Update
• Early Tramway stories
• Lessons from Japan
• Four Hotels in Five Nights, or Planes, Trains and Automobiles in Japan
• M: Freight Cars and an Exhibition
• M: A modular exhibition layout?

no 37: January - March 2001

• First Visit to Japan
• New Doctor Yellow
• Rail Museums (10): Yokohama Municipal Tramway Museum
• How the Dutch discovered Japan
• Travel to Toyama
• My First Shinkansen "Accident"
• New Rail Link in Tokyo
• Dogo Onsen Clock
• Kyushu Coalfield Circular
• Railtour of Korea and Japan
• Signal Aspects (1)
• Konan and Tsugaru Railways
• M: J-Module, how things went on
• M: Make Your Layout Authentic

no 38: April - June 2001

• Rail Museums (11): Rail and Coal Museums in Northern Kyushu
• Northern Kyushu Railway Operations
• Rail Restaurants (2): Spaghetti Factory in Naogya
• A Japanese Rail Marathon, by Electric, Steam and Diesel Power
• The Final Days of Steam in Yamagata Prefecture
• The Caggabe Patch Line - Choshi Dentetsu
• The Gannichi Line (Nishikigawa Tetsudo)
• The (Rail) Road to the Distant North
• Cab Ride at home: train simulation software
• M: Kato or Tomix for Series 500

no 39: July - September 2001

• Getting the "Bullet" to York
• My Road to the National Railway Museum and Shinkansen 22-141
• Rail Museums (12): The National Railway Museum in York
• Bombing along the Tokaido Shinkansen
• JR West Hikari RailStar
• Shinkansen Details
• No. 1 in Japan
• Rail Restaurants (3): The Yamanote Gourmet Guide
• The First Chunnel - the Seikan Tunnel
• Rail Passes in Japan
• Seat Reservation made easy
• The JR Tsurumi Line
• Meitetsu Closures
• Japan Rail Websites Update
• Tramways, a winter's tale
• Way Out in Western Japan - the Matsu'ura Railway
• Hiking the Heights of Kyoto to Mt. Hiei
• M: J-Module (2)
• M: Viessmann Accessories

no 40: October - December 2001 (10th anniversary issue)

• Mircosoft Train Simulator
• Railway Photography in Japan (3)
• Preserved Japanese Tramcars (1)
• Map of the Tokyo Area JR Lines
• Shinkansen Details Update
• Yamaguchi Steam Trip
• JNR Rivival Mania
• Trams in a Cold Climate: Sapporo and Hakodate
• A Bullet Train, Loaded in Japan!
• The Kyushu Railway Company
• A Car-ferry on Fresh Water
• Japan re-visited 2001
• Rail Museums (13): The Old Nagahama Station
• The Keihin-Tohoku Line
• M: Model Shows in Japan
• M: The Japanese Imperial Train
• M: J-Module (3)
• M: Models, New & 2nd-Hand Stores

no 41: January - March 2002

• Shinkansen 0 at York National Railway Museum
• Preserved Japanese Tramcars (2)
• Japan's Shortest Railway - the Kishu Tetsudo
• Museums (14): B6 from Britain
• Toba Station 1967 and 2001
• The Total Kyushu Tour
• Home at Last!
• Loco in Sakhalinsk
• Restaurants (4): Eki-Soba
• M: Imperial Train Update
• M: Meitetsu's Kurono Depot
• M: More Details for your Layout
• M: J-Module (4)
• M: Tomix Cab-style Controller

no 42: April - June 2002

• Preserved Japanese Tramcars (3)
• Japan Revisited 2001 (2)
• Imported Electric Locomotives
• Kintetsu Narrow Gauge Lines
• Railair or Air-Rail
• Signaling (2, part 1)
• Hokkaido's Rolling Stock
• Museums (15): Yubari
• From Kushiro to Hiroshima
• A Ride in a 'Torokko'
• M: Buildings for your layout

• Preserved Japanese Tramcars (4)
• Signaling (2, part 2)
• Sir Peter Parker: An Appreciation
• National Characteristics and Railways
• Japanese Railway Conference, Cardiff
• VVVF or the three phase AC electric drive (1)
• Panorama-Trains and Vogel-Park
• A Station named ‘Sue’ – the Kotoden
• Railway Closures
• The Real Bullet Train
• Restaurants (5): Hard Rock Cafe, Uyeno-Eki
• M: Kamahashi Kikanku
• M: J-Module (5)

• Special issue on Mountain Railways
• Railway Scenery
• The Tateyama Sabo Works Project
• Nagasaki Switchback
• The Sakuradani Light Railway
• Night trains - and how to use them
• The Best Railway in the World? (A swiss view to Japan)
• Japanese Stations (1): Tokyo, Japan's most famous station
• Japan re-visited 2002 (1)
• JR Locomotive Stock Analysis (1)
• Restaurants (6): Daishoan on the old Tama-den
• Signals (3): Repeater Signal, Runaway Safety Spur, Accidents
• VVVF or the three phase AC electric drive (2)
• M: DD 13 Diesel Locomotive

• Hayate Debut!
• Tokyo Trams at the 1964 Olympics
• JR Locomotive Stock Analysis (2)
• Steam Memories: Koriyama in the 1950s
• Steam Memories: On the Gantoku Line
• Differences in Railway Culture in Japan and Britain: Mind the Gap
• A Note from Nagasaki
• The Permanent Way (1)
• Tokyo Subway Map
• 12th International Railway Saftety Conference, Tokyo 2002
• Memory of Old Bullet Train Tunnel
• Japan re-visited 2002 (2)
• VVVF or the three phase AC electric drive (3)
• M: Japanese Lima Catalogue

• Safety first on the shinkansen
• Ekiben - Japan's own meals on wheels
• Waterfront Lines in Tokyo and London (1): The Yurikamome (or Joyful Seagull)
• Railways to Car City (Toyota)
• Nagasaki Tramway Notes
• A Tramway Crossing in Kochi
• Japan re-visited 2002 (3)
• What's in a Name - The Shinkansen (1)
• Rail Museums (16): Kitakyushu Museum of Transportation Science Technology
• The Hisatsu Line and its Zig-Zags
• C 56, the "Highland Pony" (1)
• Preserved C 56 Steam Locomotives
• Named Night Trains and chasing them through the timetable
• Would the Hogwarts Express Arrive here in Japan?
• M: Tomix and Micro Ace Catalogues
• M: New Shinkansen Models
• M: The Permanent Way (2)

• Waterfront Lines in Tokyo and London (2): Tokyo Waterfront Railway
• C 56, the "Highland Pony" (2)
• M: The Permanent Way (3)
• and more articles..... (not yet published)

• Special issue on Kyushu
• Waterfront Lines in Tokyo and London (3): London Docklands
• and more articles..... (not yet published)

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