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- Season 3 Turning Problems Into Opportunities: The Tsugaru Railway's Strategy
- Season 3 Japan's World-Class Rail and Wheels
- Season 3 Keihan Electric Railway: Advanced Technology That Dominated the Railway Hub
- Season 3 The Long Winter of Discontent: One Railway's Battle Against Snow
- Season 3 Dreams of a Texas Bullet Train: Future Plans for Japan's High-Speed Railways
- Season 3 Using Railways to Promote Local Tourism: Kyushu Railway Company's Strategy
- Season 3 Toden Arakawa Line: A Hidden Gem for Tourists from Overseas
- Season 3 All the Comfort You Require: Onboard Services on Japanese Trains
- Season 3 The Unsung Hero of Japanese Railways: Series Kiha 40 Diesel Trains
- Season 3 Airport Express Lines: How Competition Is Improving the Ride Into the City
- Season 3 Prepaid E-money Cards: The Smart Way to Travel in Japan
- Season 3 HIGH RAIL 1375: The Tourist Train That Touches New Heights
- Season 3 Train Suite Shiki-shima: The High-Tech Luxury Cruise Train
- Season 3 A Long-Awaited Whistle: Tobu Railway's Steam Service Revival
- Season 3 Rediscovering Old Horizons: Preservation and Utilization of Railway Heritage
- Season 3 Hankyu Corporation: A Leading Private Railway Company's Business Model
- Season 3 Advanced Urban Travel: Japan's Monorail Systems
- Season 3 Safeguarding the System: Maintaining JR Central's Conventional Line
Japan Railway Journal - Season 3 Episode 9 The Unsung Hero of Japanese Railways: Series Kiha 40 Diesel Trains
8.00 28 minutes Series Kiha 40 diesel trains were mass-produced in the late 1970's, and were highly valued on non-electrified lines. These workhorses are made from durable mild steel, and even after the privatization of Japan National Railways and 40 years in service, trains are still operating all over Japan. Kiha 40 trains are easier to refurbish and currently, there are many cases where companies are converting them into fun tourist trains. In this program, we introduce the "unsung hero" of Japan's railways that wrote itself into the history books.
