Sankô-sen Part III
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6360 As two-car train KIHA 120 309 + 314 set out from Iwami Kawamoto 石見川本 for Miyoshi they pass KIHA 120 357 + 316 ready to leave for Gôtsu 江津 and Hamada 浜田. (2017)
6365 Kirohara 木路原, with KIHA 120 309 + 314 in the mirror. (2017)
6373 Above Kirohara, speed limit of 25 km/h. (2017)
6377 Between Kirohara and Take. (2017)
6380 A little further on between Kirohara and Take. (2017)
6386 In view of Take 竹 halt. (2017)
6388 Take halt. (2017)
6393 Between Take and Onbara. (2017)
6396 Once again a speed limit of 25 km/h. (2017)
6398 In view of Onbara. (2017)
6408 Onbara 乙原 halt. (2017)
6411 Soon after leaving Onbara. (2017)
6415 Passing a graveyard. (2017)
6422 Bridge across the river. (2017)
6426 Between Onbara and Iwami Yanaze. (2017)
6429 The thatched roof of an old farmhouse was covered with metal plates which have now crumbled. (2017)
6431 The old farmhouse with the thatched roof. (2017)
6433 Iwami Yanaze 石見簗瀬. (2017)
6442 Between Iwami Yanaze and Akatsuka. (2017)
6444 Looking across the river. (2017)
6446 Along the Gônokawa. (2017)
6450 Nearing Akatsuka. (2017)
6459 Akatsuka 明塚 halt. (2017)
6463 Above Akatsuka. (2017)
6471 Looking across the river. (2017)
6479 Kasubuchi 粕淵. (2017)
6488 Severe flooding has been a great danger to the line ever since it was built. (2017)
6490 Nearing Hamahara. (2017)
6498 At a quarter to eight Hamahara 浜原 is reached. KIHA 120 317 enters into the opposite platform, having begun its journey in Miyoshi at 5:46. It will now continue down to Gôtsu and then on to Hamada. (2017)
6501 KIHA 120 317 at Hamahara. (2017)
6509 Approaching Sawadani. (2017)
6512 Sawadani 沢谷. (2017)
6517 Heading up the valley after Sawadani. (2017)
6529 Approaching Ushio 潮. (2017)
6538 After Ushio. (2017)
6544 Between Ushio and Iwami Matsubara. (2017)
6548 Iwami Matsubara 石見松原. (2017)
6559 Between Iwami Matsubara and Iwami Tsuga. (2017)
6563 Approaching Iwami Tsuga. (2017)
6569 Iwami Tsuga 石見都賀. A permanent way maintenance vehicle is standing in the siding. (2017)
6586 On the "new" middle section of the line, completed in 1975: Climbing up the valley after Iwami Tsuga. (2017)
6589 Above Iwami Tsuga. (2017)
6591 On the way up to Uzui. (2017)
6599 The "new" middle section of the line cut through the mountains in a more or less straight line and crossed the valleys on impressive bridges. (2017)
6600 Looking down from the bridge. (2017)
6617 On the "new" middle section of the line, completed in 1975: Looking down from Uzui 宇都井 halt. (2017)
6622 Above Uzui. (2017)
6625 Between Uzui and Ikawashi. (2017)
6627 The quiet beauty of the Gônokawa River. (2017)
6630 Approaching Ikawashi. (2017)
6631 Ikawashi 伊賀和志 halt. (2017)
6640 Again cutting across a valley and into the next tunnel. (2017)
6642 Protection against flooding. (2017)
6644 Entering Kuchiba. (2017)
6648 Kuchiba, with the snowplough MC-1645 in front of the little shed. (2017)
6651 KIHA 309 + KIHA 314 standing in Kuchiba 口羽 station. Today (2022) there is some preservation activity here. (2017)
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6656 Heading out of Kuchiba station. A graveyard can be seen on the slope in the background. (2017)
6667 On the upper section of the line: Up the valley from Kuchiba. (2017)
6671 Climbinh up the valley above Kuchiba. (2017)
6677 The railway is placed between the wall and the river. (2017)
6682 Gôbira 江平 halt. (2017)
6691 Between Gôbira and Sakugiguchi. (2017)
6698 Looking towards Sakugiguchi. (2017)
6701 Sakugiguchi 作木口. (2017)
6710 Looking out of the train window a large family graveyard can be seen on the left. To the right is a little shrine. (2017)
6720 Just beyond Sakugiguchi. (2017)
6725 Further along the Gônokawa River. (2017)
6729 Tight curves and dark forersts. (2017)
6734 Returning into more agricultural land. (2017)
6737 Crossing the river to reach Kôyodo.
6738 Dilapidated farmhouse. (2017)
6745 Kôyodo 香淀, with KIHA 120 309 entering the mirror. (2017)
6750 Setting out from Kôyodo. (2017)
6756 Between Kôyodo and Shikijiki. (2017)
6760 Crossing the river over to Shikijiki. (2017)
6772 At Shikijiki 式敷. (2017)
6773 KIHA 120 309 + 120 314 in the mirror at Shikijiki. (2017)
6777 Renshôji 蓮照寺 Temple at Shikijiki. (2017)
6784 Along the line between Shikijiki and Nobuki. (2017)
6787 Nobuki 信木 halt. (2017)
6797 Climbing up to Tokorogi. (2017)
6801 Tokorogi 所木 halt. (2017)
6807 KIHA 120 309 + 314 are about to leave Tokorogi halt. (2017)
6819 Between Tokorogi and Funasa. (2017)
6821 Entering Funasa 船佐. (2017)
6825 KIHA 120 309 + 314 in the mirrors at Funasa. It is now 9 o'clock in the morning. (2017)
6828 After Funasa. (2017)
6836 Along the Gônokawa River. (2017)
6848 Nagatani 長谷 is reached. (2017)
6852 KIHA 120 309 + 314 in the mirror at Nagatani. (2017)
6864 Entering Awaya 粟屋. (2017)
6875 At Awaya. In the mirror KIHA 120-309. (2017)
6882 Above Awaya. (2017)
6887 Between Awaya and Ozekiyama. (2017)
6889 Before arriving at Ozekiyama the Gônokawa River is crossed once again. (2017)
6939 KIHA 120 314 and 120 309 crossing the river bridge near Ozekiyama. (2017)
6891 Sankô-sen KIHA 120-309 and KIHA 120-314 have arrived at Ozekiyama 尾関山 at 9:18, more than three hours after leaving Gôtsu in the dark of a stormy morning. (2017)
