Hokuetsu
The Hokuetsu (北越) was a limited express train service in Japan formerly operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between Kanazawa and Niigata from 1970 until March 2015.
Rolling stock
Hokuetsu services were normally formed of 6-car 485 series (sets T12–16) or refurbished 485-3000 series electric multiple unit EMU trainsets (sets R21–28), based at Niigata Depot.
Original "bonnet-style" 485 series EMU, 1982
Original "bonnet-style" 485 series EMU, 1982
JNR-liveried 485 series EMU, August 2010
JNR-liveried 485 series EMU, August 2010
485 series in revised livery, September 2010
485 series in revised livery, September 2010
485-3000 series set R-26, July 2013
485-3000 series set R-26, July 2013
Formations
The six-car 485 series sets were formed with car 1 at the Kanazawa end and car 6 at the Niigata end. All cars are no smoking.
The 485 series sets had toilets in each car, while 485-3000 series sets had toilets in 1, 2, 4, and 6 only.
Podcasts:
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by Hawketts
Mardi Gras Mambo
by: HawkettsMardi Gras Mambo 2:13 Trk 7
(K. Elliott, L. Welch, F. Adams)
The Hawketts
Recorded: WWEZ Radio Studio, New Orleans, LA.
1954. Producer/DJ, Ken Ellliott 'Jack The Cat'.
Chess Records single #7780. Musicians: A. Neville - keybrds
& vcl, J. Boudreaux - drums, A. August - gtr, G. Davis - alto
M. Bechamin - tenor., I. Bell & A. Fleuri - trmp, C. Joseph - trmbn.
Album: Mardi Gras in New Orleans (1987) MG1001.
Transcriber: [email protected]
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Down in New Orleans
Where the blues was born
It takes a cool cat
To blow a horn
On LaSalle and Rampart Street
The combo's there with a mambo beat
The Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras, pambo, mambo, mambo
Mardi Gras, mambo-ooh
Down in New Orleans
In Gert Town
Where the cats all meet
There's a Mardi Gras mambo
With a beat
Join the Chief with the Zulu gang
And truck on down
Where the mambo's swing
The Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Pardi Gras, mambo-ooh
Down in New Orleans
Down in New Orleans
Where the blues was born
It takes a cool cat
To blow a horn
On LaSalle and Rampart Street
The combo's there with a mambo beat
The Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras, mambo-ooh
Down in New Orleans
(chorus)
Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Pardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
FADES-
Pardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo.