Tracklist

A1	Running The Way To Kiso ~ Chuo Line
A2	Rushing Out Of Tunnel ~ Chuo Line
A3	Running Hard Along The River ~ Kansai Line
A4	In The Passenger Carriage ~ Kansai Line
B1	Going Through Tunnel ~ Chuo Line
B2	Switchback ~ Kansai Line
B3	On The Plain Of Hokkaido ~ Chitose line
B4	Along The Beautiful Seashore ~ Hakodate line

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

• Photography By – Naotaka Hirota
• Supervised By – Shoji Matsuzawa

Notes

Romantic memories of journey through 4-channel

In this electric age almost railroad carriers from town to town have been changed from all steam locomotives to electric trains. However, there is something in locomotives that cannot be enjoyed in the electric trains. It give us dream, romantic memory of journey and fantasy. This album is a collection of precious sound of the famous model D51 locomotives recorded live in 4channel at secluded country railways of Japan. The D51 is very popular with railway manias by the name of "D-GO-ICHY", and 1,115 locomotives of this model were manufactured between 1936 and 1945. However, at the end of 1972, we could count only 313 of this model in the rolls. Excepting Hokkaido and Kyushu, the most remarkable activities on this locomotive are seen on the Schuo Line and the Kansai Line. D-51 used on these lines are more powerful and heavier then the ones use daily on the other lines because of equipment specially designed for this mountainous lines. The equipment is a headgear fitted over the funnel which prevents smoke from invading the driver's room when running through tunnel.
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