They remind me from the good old days !!!

Rape here means rapeseed. It's a plant with bright yellow flowers from which you get rapeseed oil. You can see a bunch of them along the track such as at 29:17.

yeah, we really need to change the name of that plant here in the west : (

@Ben Chuft wow, sorry my post traumatized you so badly. even though they still call it rape plant on this page. and rapeseed on wikipedia. but ok. have a good day.

I wondered why nobody said anything in the comments about that, thanks for checking ^_^

the moment when you realize, that you are in Japan 😄

Hola yo también arg, los trenes son lo mas ,lastima tenemos un país con muchas vías en abandono

así es,tenemos países con mucho abandono.Saludos amigo m

tento vlak je v provozu jen o svatcich . This answer is in Czech, the closest I can speak to another Slav (Though I am a US citizen, born in Japan.

A model of the train

@@wolfmobile3693 a model of the train with a model of a man wearing a model of a train with a model of a man with a model of a train

yes when your country isnt filled with dumb people and drug users and has a populous that have respect for one another as humans it can be like this.

The problem with electric/battery trains is that they're a pain to do maintenance on and cost a lot to do so too. In fact, a few electrified lines in Japan has recently switched to using diesel trains instead of electric trains as it would be uneconomical to use them with barely any passengers. A few examples - Hisatsu Orange Railway, Nihonkai Hisui Line, the entirety of the Nagasaki line from Hizen-Hama. At least with these railway lines, they're switching out the old inefficient diesel trains for more modern diesel/diesel-electric trains which are more environmentally friendly.

@@khamronsingame I find it inconceivable that diesel trains would be cheaper or easier to run and maintain in any way. Based on everything I know about maintenance on battery electric vehicles, having formerly owned an EV and learned quite a lot over the years, all the evidence screams towards the uptake of battery electric for those types of lines. Maybe if you’re talking about traditional overhead wire electric trains on dilapidated local routes, I could see where diesel trains would make more sense than maintaining all the overhead line equipment. But not compared to battery trains where there’s no infrastructure other than charging at the depot, which is no big deal.

@@christill To preface, I'd like to say that I don't have knowledge of the technicalities and everything I know is based on reading Japanese articles on this subject. I believe what I read from Hisatsu Orange and Nihon Hisui railways was that the laws that govern electric railways in Japan are much more strict than diesel. In addition, they would require specialised personnel and facilities to do maintenance on them which they are not given when they became a "third sector company" (basically a railway ran by the prefecture it's in). For Nihon Hisui's line, the line crosses over a DC to AC section which would require a train that can run on both electric currents. Those are expensive to maintain and cost a lot to build new ones. For Hisatsu Orange, their entire line is also electrified but has a lot fewer people around to justify buying expensive AC electric trains (not sure what makes it expensive). Electric trains also need at least 2 cars to operate (at least in Japan) which is not needed for a rural line where there is barely anyone to ride the single-car diesel train anyways. Battery-powered trains are making their debut in Japan (see the BEC819 series) but it is relatively new and expensive so they probably won't be switching diesel out for a while until the costs of buying the train go down. Here are two more examples of lines that are electrified but only use diesel trains in Japan: Echigo TOKImeki Railway Company, South Hokkaido Railway Company. There are other companies that continue to use electric trains after being privatized but those are in more suburban areas with more passengers.

Also, I'd like to add that the reason why they still have electric infrastructure even though they only use diesel trains is that electric freight trains still use them. For the Nagasaki line, since there are no freight trains, the overhead catenaries are scheduled to be removed now that the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen is done and has replaced all electric limited express trains.

Passengers pick up a ticket when they board. Inside the train is a screen that shows what your fare is based on the kilometer. The driver/conductor collects the fee when you get off.

it appears they are all spring switches, which just adds to the charm in my opinion

@@tiredniko What are you talking about? Track in 1067 mm. With the arrow switched to another path, the distance between the sharp point and the main rail is approximately 950 mm. But after all, the axis of the wheelset is not a penis, it does not decrease.

They're spring switches which are set to only go in one direction.

look at all the other switches - same! this are jump switches!

look at 33:11 seems do be powered by Diesel

ohara is japanese name.大原

@@ToyotomiHideyoshiGre Thank you. What is it's English translation ?

@@johnlatham7092 Ohara is the name of a place and a station. Written in kanji, it is 大原.

@@ToyotomiHideyoshiGre Thanks again Takeshima-san !

@Ben Chuft I checked with an old colleague, Chris O'Hara, and he said the name is definitely Irish

43:00 久我原駅

Rapeseed, aka Canola in its cultivated form. That's where we get canola oil from.

@@davel6683 Oh! Thank you for clearing it up! Thank you!