C 57 135 "Pacific" steamlocomotive (builder Mitsubishi 1940) on the turntable in the "Railway Museum" Saitama. This very sucessful type pulled the very last official steam train of Japan National ... (more)
Tokyo station from 1914 and Marunouchi business district. The Tokyo Station complex was undergoing extensive development, which include major improvements to the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east)... (more)
Great hall of the Tokyo station, built in 1914. The Tokyo Station complex was undergoing extensive development, which include major improvements to the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east) sides of ... (more)
The impressive large exhibition hall of the "Railway Museum (Saitama)", where more then 30 full-size vehicles are exhibited. The museum opened in october 2007 and is the successor to the Transport... (more)
Shinkansen E2 series of JR East leaving Omiya (Saitama) with ASAMA 534 from Nagano to Tokyo. The 14 8-car E2 series "N" trains were built from 1997 for the Nagano Shinkansen and operate with up t... (more)
Two 115-1000 series electric multiple unit (built from 1978) in the "new Nagano livery" are running the Chuo line local from Kofu to Matsumoto (101 km) and are entering Minamimatsumoto station.
The E 351 series of JR East is a tilting elecric multiple unit, built from 1993 and running as "Super Azusa" Limited Express on the Chuo main line between Tokyo Shinjuku and Matsumoto. 5 8-car set... (more)
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)
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)
Shinkansen Series 200 of JR East entering Fukushima station
The Japanese Bullet Train, Shinkansen, rolls into Kyoto Station.