Celio's Trains

Here's a close-up of the Eizan Dentetsu 900 "Kirara". This two car set has one row of panorama-facing double seats in each car. It also has high windows and a row of regular window-side single seats. It rides on a single track winding up and down the Kyoto mountains. its a real beauty and a very comfortable ride.

Here are some early layout shots from November 2004. We began building it in late september. The layout board is 150cm long by 80cm wide, (roughly 1km x 0.8km). It is composed of a half inch playwood base board, with a half inch polyurethane sheet for vibe absorbtion. There are several homes, restaurants, rooming houses, a train station, a forst, a river, small forest and small mountain capped with a Pagoda. The trains we have are: JR Series 700-7000 Sanyo Shinkansen "Hikari"; C11 2-6-2 Steam Locomotive; JR EF81 "Hokutosei" Electric Locomotive; CN EMD SD40-2; and the latest addition on Nov 3rd, Eizan Dentetsu 900 "Kirara" in Maple Red. Goldie and I rode this train back to Kyoto from Kibune this past summer. I felt it was the perfect fit for the Japanada layout. The layout itself hasn't changed a whole heck of a lot, but we have a lot of plans for this and next year. We're putting the finishing touches on the town, installing the lighting system, an