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“The Usui Pass is a mountain pass that lies between Nagano and Gunma Prefectures in Japan. It has served as one of the major transportation routes in central Japan since at least the eighth century.

The Shin'etsu Main Line railway went through the pass between 1893 and 1997. The 11.2 km pass segment, between Yokokawa Station on the Gunma side and Karuizawa Station on the Nagano side, had been operated with the rack-and-pinion railway system until 1963 when the line was rebuilt and new locomotives for non-rack operation were introduced. The new locomotives were the JNR Class EF63 banking engines used for help in both ascending and descending the 66.7‰ (1 in 15) gradient line. In 1997, the segment was closed due to opening of the new Nagano Shinkansen line that detours the pass with a long tunnel. A museum now stands on the site of the old locomotive shed at Yokokawa.” (Wikipedia)

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Usui Pass Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usui_Pass

Google map
https://www.google.co.jp/maps/place/Usui+Pass/@36.3420386,138.6571714,2802m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x601dd490fbe2d8bf:0x93048c3d9f0ebefd!8m2!3d36.3449166!4d138.6510658?hl=en

OpenRailwayMap
https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?lang=en&lat=36.348081&lon=138.6430794&zoom=12&style=standard