The control supervisor just gave "highball" to "Hayabusa 1" from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori (713 km in 3 h 15 min). Running is one of the newest shinkansen types of JR East, the 320 km p.h. E 5 series. ... (more)

The 10-car dual system (1500 V DC and 20000 V 50 Hz AC) electric trainset E 657 of JR East are running on the Joban line from Tokyo Ueno to Iwaki since march 2012. Trainset K10 was delivered on se... (more)

The KiHa 40 diesel railcars were built from 1977 to 1982 for suburban and rural services. KiHa 40 # 2079 is running from Yamaguchi to Shin-Yamaguchi (12.7 km) as local, together with 2 other railc... (more)

For JR Kyushu 9 of this 6-car 800 series shinkansen were built by Hitachi from 2004. This particular set U 009 was delivered on 24 November 2010. The train "Sakura 408" from Kagoshima-Chuo to Haka... (more)

16 of this 8-car 700-7000 series "Rail Star" were built from 1999 for JR West, with a maximum speed of 285 km p.h., for service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata (San-Yo Shinkansen). Trainset E6 is en... (more)

The 16-car N700-7000 sets are operated by JR West on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen services. 16 trains of this "N" series were built from 2007 to 2010 for JR West for duty mainly for Nozomi und Hik... (more)

The small diesel locomotive, masqueraded as a old steam locomotive, is leaving Dogo Onsen station with the "Botchan Ressha" ("Botchan train" after the novel "Botchan" of Natsume Soseki). The origi... (more)

Electric multiple unit 3000 series of the Iyo Railway (Iyotetsu) is crossing the main road with the double track streetcar line of the same company. The stainless steel 3000 series for 1500 V DC w... (more)

Two car diesel tilting trainset KiHa 187 of JR West with Limited Express "Super Matsukaze 7" from Tottori to Masuda near Yonago.

19 of the 8-car N700-7000 series shinkansen were built for JR West from 2010 to 2012, for the "Sakura" and "Mizuho" services between Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima-Chuo. In contrast to the N700 series o... (more)

Official special train for 125 years opening of the Brünig line (Brienz to Alpnachstad) with rack steamlocomotive HG 3/3 # 1067 of the association Ballenberg Dampfbahn (BBD) between Käppeli and Br... (more)

Official special train for 125 years opening of the Brünig line (Brienz to Alpnachstad) with rack steamlocomotive HG 3/3 # 1067 of the association Ballenberg Dampfbahn (BBD) between Brienzwiler an... (more)

Official special train for 125 years opening of the Brünig line (Brienz to Alpnachstad) with rack steamlocomotive HG 3/3 # 1067 of the association Ballenberg Dampfbahn (BBD) on the ascent of 12.0 ... (more)

Electric TRANS EUROP EXPRESS trainset RAe TEE II # 1053 of SBB Historic is crossing Bietschtal viaduct on the south ramp of the Lötschberg mountain line. The impressive viaduct was built between 1... (more)

For me the best looking highspeed train ever, 500 series of JR West for 300 km p.h (design speed 320). Designed by the german industrial designer Alexander Neumeister, 9 of this 16-car trains were... (more)