About KRC (English)

Railway Society of KEIO Univ. alumni

Outline of KRC Alumni
KRC is an abbreviation of KEIO university Railway Club (The Railway society of KEIO university) established at 1934 and we are the society's alumni.
Keio University is one of the oldest universities in Japan established in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa who is famous to have propagated the sense of independence.
KRC is a private society consist of the students in the university and its members love the railway and all that is concerned with it. Member of the society usually leave after graduation due to the busier life they lead and hence have less opportunity to share their knowledge with other members.
We(the alumni) still love it and after leaving university we eventually and began a sister society for ourselves in 1983, which we named KRC Alumni.
Members of both societies have cooperated and co-worked in many activities even before KRC Alumni was fully established, which is helpful as our knowledge continues to be useful across both KRC groups. In other words we still cooperate as a team through young to old members.
Of course the club is private and we are not restrained by it, but we gain pleasure from joining other members who have a common interest in the railway.
Members totaled 430 in March/2000 of over 600 of total number. Most of us are adult members and it is difficult for us to share much time for the interest. That is why we have "wide" open door policy towards rail enthusiasts. This is why we want to create this home page to encourage new members and other rail enthusiasts to be informed about our activities.

Outline of the club

1934	KRC was established.
WORLD WAR II-discontinued.
1953	re-established.
1955	Mixed Train (bulletin for the member) started to be issued.
1959	Railway association union in universities in Japan was founded.
1961	The Asahi Shimbun Sha assigned the alumni to an editor of series of Sekai no Tetsudo. It was substantial start point of KRC Alumni.
1983	KRC Alumni was formally established.
1984	KRC's 50th-anniversary, when the most of activities were only available to the members.
1994	KRC's 60th-anniversary, when the most of activities were opened to non- members as well.
1997	Web site of KRC was opened.
2000	Web site of KRC Alumni was opened.

Subject:
Movable object rolling on rail.
All things concerning to the above of which member is interested in. For example, photo, model, history, travelling and etc.

Activities made by the name of KRC and/or KRC Alumni

Editorship of:
Sekai no Tetsudo (World Railway) from the Asahi Shimbun Sha (Asahi news paper Co. Ltd.)
Feb. '62	Steam Locomotive
Dec. '62	90 years history of Japan National Railway
Sep. '63	Tramway
Sep. '64	Shinkansen( New trunk line), Electric train in Japan's private railway
Sep. '65	World's underground, Electric train in Japan's private railway
Sep. '66	Steam Locomotive
Oct. '67	Class C59, Internal-combustion car in Japan's private railway
Oct. '68	Class 9600, World's electric locomotive
Oct. '69	Class C62, World's diesel locomotive
Oct. '70	Class C55/C57, World's passenger car
Jun. '71	100 years history of Japan National Railway
Oct. '71	Class C56, Electric car of National Railway
Oct. '72	Class D52/D62, Tram
Oct. '73	Class 8620, Local private railway in Japan, Private railway in Switzerland
Oct. '74	Class C10/C11/C12, Local private railway in Japan, Luxury train in Europe
May '75	Japan's steam locomotive
Oct. '75	Class C58/D51, Local private railway in Japan,
Jun. '76	Japan's 100 years history of steam locomotive
Oct. '76	Limited express in private railway, Internal combustion car in Japan National Railway, Internal Combustion car in foreign country
Nov. '77	Commuter train in Europe, High performance electric car in Japan National Railway
Nov. '78	All of electric car in Japan National Railway

Publication of:
(1) Series of guide book from Seibundo Shinko Sha
Oct. '63	Electric car
Jun '64	Internal combustion car
Sep. '67	Private railway 1
Nov. '69	Private railway 2
Oct. '68	Private railway 3
Jan. '70	Private railway 4
Dec. '67	Private railway 5
Jun. '72	Private railway 6
(2) Series of electric car album in private railway
Nov. '80	1A Old timer
Jan. '81	1B Old timer
Jul. '76	2A The dawn of high performance car
Oct. '76	2B The dawn of high performance car
Feb. '77	3A Mass transportation
Jun. '77	3B Mass transportation
Dec. '83	4A Revolution in design and technology
Jan. '84	4B Revolution in design and technology
Dec. '81	Separate volume A, Freight car and wagon
Jan. '82	Separate volume B, Locomotive and electric car of narrow gauge
(3) Separate volume of the Railway Pictorial
Mar. '00	Old electric car

Production of:
Photo album	"Mixed Train Special" at our 50th-anniversary \5000
Photo album	"Train headed by locomotive" at our 60th-anniversary \2718
Photo album	"Electric and internal combustion car in the east of Japan" at our 60th-anniversary \2718
Photo album	"Electric and internal combustion car in the west of Japan" at our 60th-anniversary \3000
Reprint of Japan's time table of '1915 at our 60th-anniversary, not sold
Video	"Iron knights for ever" at our 60th-anniversary, not sold
1/87 HO model	No. 510(old electric car of TER) at our 50th-anniversary, not sold
1/80 HO model	No. 6(old electric car of TER) at our 60th-anniversary

Photo exhibition
Oct. '84	In the museum of electric car and bus of TER at our 50th-anniversary
Aug. '92	In the Nomura building in Shinjuku sub-center
Mar. '95	In the Nomura building in Shinjuku sub-center at our 60th-anniversary
Every March in the Nomura building since 1995

Special train
Oct. '84	With the saloon express, Shinagawa-Fuji-Gotemba-Shinagawa headed by class EF58 at our 50th-anniversary
Mar. '95	With the saloon express, Shinagawa-Karuizawa headed double of class EF58 at our 60th-anniversary
Apr. '99	Nagoya Railway No. 510 ( An old suburban )
Jan. '00	Shay geared No. 26 in Formosa

Others
Model exhibition
Oct. '84	In the museum of electric car and bus of TER at our 50th-anniversary
Nov. '99	Joined the first joint exhibition in Tokyo

Club activities
Club meeting	every month, usually in the afternoon of the first Saturday Mutual discussion, guest's and/or member's speech, tasting video and photo, current topics all over the world and etc.
Model exhibition	two times every year
Domestic tour	some times a year
Foreign tour	Formosa in 1992 Europe , plan damp in May 1995 Formosa, in Jan. 2000
Souvenirs	Tie tuck, replica of the maker's plate of the Porter, at our 50th-anniversary

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