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)

Electric multiple unit tilting train KuHa 381 in "Yuttari Yakumo" livery, running as Limited Express "Yakumo 15" from Okayama to Izumoshi (220 km). This 120 km p.h. tilt train for 1500 V DC were b... (more)

Electric multiple unit tilt train series 8000 of JR Shikoku in Matsuyama station. This trainsets for Limited Express services "Ishizuchi" and "Shiokaze" were built by Hitachi and Nippon Sharyo fro... (more)

Streetcar MoHa 2000 series # 2002 from 1964 has to wait on the double track level crossing over the main road, while a 610 series train of the Iyo Railway (Iyotetsu) to Takahama is running in dire... (more)

What the hell is the man doing with his locomotive? What looks like a steam engine, produces the same noises with the help of loudspeakers and let escape some steam from the cylinders, is in reali... (more)

49 of this most powerful japanese steamlocomotives were built from 1948 to 1949. This famous "Hudson" 4-6-4 locomotives have a 1750 mm driving wheel diameter and this particular C62 17 broke the s... (more)

Bo'Bo'Bo' locomotive EF66 # 126 of JR Freight with a container train to the Nagoya terminal is passing Sasashimaraibu station. This 3900 kW EF66-100 locomotives were built from 1989 by Kawasaki Sh... (more)

The newest shinkansen type on the Tokaido and Sanyo line is the N700 A (A for advanced). This particular set G 4 was delivered from Nippon Sharyo on january 22, 2013. Externally the same as the N7... (more)

EH200 Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo' double locomotive "Blue Thunder" for freight trains under 1500 V DC with a power of 4520 kW and max 110 km p.h. in the freight yard of Minamimatsumoto, ready to pick up a conta... (more)

Multi-voltage AC/DC (20 kV 50/60 Hz AC and 1500 V DC) locomotive EF 510-512 of JR East in "Hokutosei"-livery, pulling the "Cassiopeia" overnight train from Tokyo Ueno to Sapporo, passing Uguisudan... (more)

E 257 trainset M-109 of JR East is entering Matsumoto station, coming from Shinjuku (Tokyo) as Limited Express Azusa 21. The 9-car trainsets were built from 2001, max. speed is 130 km p.h., cape g... (more)

Two shinkansen 16-car trainsets of the N700 series are passing each other on the east side of Kyoto station, seen from the Kyoto Tower skydesk.

Trainset 16 of the 2000 series of Osaka Monorail is nearing Banpaku-Kinen-Kôen Station, coming from the Saito Line. In the middle the tracks of the Monorail main line direction Kadomashi. Osaka mo... (more)

Shinkansen maintenance and sidings in Osaka Settsu with trains of N700, 700 and 700-7000 series, seen from the Osaka Monorail.