Over my head - Kato Overhead Station

Yesterday I got a Kato Overhead station, Expansion set, several platforms and platform detail set. Ive always wanted one of these Overhead stations since I thought they are so cool.

To Commute or not to commute, that is the question.

Well you probably know that Im interested in putting together a commuter train, Im looking at the Series E231-500 Yamanote line that runs around Tokyo. Im pretty tired of Shinkasen's right now and think I have a varied collection of different kinds. The Yamanote E231-500 is a pretty recognizable train, its silver with a green stripe and a white face.

One thing that has prevented me from getting a commuter set is the price. The basic set is $104, the "A" set is $86 & the "B" set is another $76. so were looking at $262.00 not including shipping from Japan. I may take a look on Yahoo Japan and see what is on there, hopefully I can score a used E231-500 on the cheap.


I have another dellima, Im not sure I want the Series E231 or the Joban line E531 the E531 is the newest in design in the "E" series so Im conflicted as what I should do.In the end I think Im going to wind up getting the E231 Yamanote line commuter basic set then get the "A" & "B" sets.

A quick photo shoot

I wanted to put up a picture of my Japanese train collection. There is one set missing from the picture below which is the Kato Eizan Railway Type 900 "Kirara" Orange Tram.

Wow time travel is real!!!

According to EMS it is, my package started it's journey on Nov 16th and guess what showed up today. Yup thats right my used 100 Series Shinkansen "Grand Hikari" + 2 showed its pretty face. Thats some serious speed Japan to NYC in 3 freaking days I doubt Doc Brown & Marty could go any faster. I really dont need to post pics since it looks just like the pic in my other post.

A slow day in my Japanese railroad universe

Well there isn't much going on in my Japanese model railroad universe. My package from JAC has finally shipped out to me. It left Osaka International Branch on the 17th, I guess that means the Osaka branch of EMS. Ive tracked it from its last known location Osaka and that's it nothing else. Hmmmmmmmmm, I think its time to start looking at some commuter trains what do you think.