All dimensions are approximate, but this will give you the general idea...
Text and digipix by Richard Finlayson
Suzuki-san is the Kaicho, or Chairman, and is personally in charge of the club, track, and extensive club rolling stock. Several 10-car rakes of heavy modern Aster Japanese blue passenger cars, a full rake of older and shorter brown Aster Japanese passenger cars, a rake of five American heavyweights (J&M ?), and a 15-20 car rake of Bachmann ore hoppers make up the core of the club rolling stock. On top of that there is a rake of tank cars made from Japanese beer cans, a set of 5 skeleton log cars, and a few miscellaneous items of international origin. A special rake of British passengar cars is rolled out occasionally... I've only seen it twice... once when the King George had just been released and Suzuki-san was enveiling it for the club, and once when a visiting King Arthur showed up. Suzuki-san converts all the trucks so that they are fully equalized and uses special axle sets that he's worked on over the years. Suzuki-san's attention to detail and exactness in the track work is evidenced by massive C62's and D51's hauling a ten car rake of heavy cars around the track at absolutely insane speeds. Wada-san is one of the key offenders in the scale speed department! His F-unit turbine and his diesel-electric GPs have been seen streaking around that track at speeds that would have turned hard steel rail into broken shards.
Interestingly, this was the most diverse field of locomotives that I have ever seen at the YLSC. There were many more scratch built locomotives in various stages, a pair of Maxwell Hemmens Ogwens, a Hemmens Porter, and Wada-san's GP. I think it would be fair to say that in the past, with rare exception, it was generally an Aster show of force. This is still the case, but with a little more diversity showing around the edges. In my opinion it is directly related to the travels that many of the YLSC club members have undertaken in recent years. Several members are in England as I write this running live steamers with recently made acquanteances. It's great to see.
Members of the Yokohama Live Steam Club have hosted visitors from all over the world and openly welcome any visitors who care to visit. They have regular open days on every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, but are usually available to get a few members together to steam up with international visitors given a little notice. The Yokohama Live Steam Club is located very near major train stations and can be reached from Tokyo in just about an hour. Feel free to contact me if you'd like more information.
So that's a look at the happenings on a typical day with the Yokohama Live Steam Club. The monthly event is the key to strength of this club. It's become the backbone of the BAGRS Live Steamers as well... it only takes a few people, think about pulling a regular steamup schedule together in your neck of the woods.