>>976844That map isn't accurate to scale, Wakkanai is always the most northern terminus of Japan and they even have a sign/monument indicating that as seen in
>>971988 and
>>972325 (before and after the new station building was completed in 2012)
Here's more to scale/accurate map from the 80s
>>976845I know that bit and I doubt JR West will be retiring them until they squeeze every last bit of life out of them (just like those KiHa 40 DMUs scattered across Japan), but I was referring to that specific picture of the 103 Series EMU they used, which was on the Kawagoe Line and hence /Pointless Autism