1997年9月下旬。廃止間近の信越本線 横川ー軽井沢「碓氷峠」最後の情景をSONYの３CCDカメラVX-1000で撮影。峠のシェルパEF63最後の雄姿をカメラに収める鉄道ファンたち。行き交う臨時列車の数々。奮闘する峠の釜飯「おぎのや」の従業員や機関区で入れ替え作業に従事する鉄道員の姿など、1997年晩夏の横軽の情景をまとめました。
Late September 1997. The last scene of the Shin-Etsu Main Line Yokokawa-Karuizawa "Usui Pass", which is about to be abolished, was shot with Sony's 3CCD camera VX-1000. Railroad fans who capture the last male figure of the Sherpa EF63 on the pass. A number of extra trains that come and go. This is a summary of the scenes of the late summer of 1997, such as the employees of the struggling "Oginoya" pot rice and the railroad workers engaged in the replacement work in the motive power depot.