3 feet 6 inch gauge 2-6-4T No C11 167 is plinthed in Gappo Park in Aomori. 381 of these locos were built between 1932 and 1947, and an impressive 50 locos are preserved! I have even seen a photo o... (more)

Hiroshima. Probably not the image that springs to mind when thinking of this place. However, since the devastation of 6th August 1945 It has been rebuilt into a modern and attractive city of 1.2 m... (more)

The excellent Kyoto railway museum is a 20 minute walk from the main station. According to the museum guide leaflet, these are (left to right) 500 series 521-1, Kuhane 581-35 and Kuha 489-1.

The ASTRAM line in Hiroshima opened in 1994. The depot for the rubber tyred trains is near Chorakuji station, and is actually under the transport museum.

Viewed from the 14th floor of the Hotel Sarasa Shin-Osaka, a Shinkansen, bullet train, accelerates rapidly out of Osaka.

Four Ki Ha 40 Series trains belong to Nitsu were operated as the special train for autumn colour.

The Class C62 was the biggest and fastest japanese build steam locomotive. This locomotive hauled the Tsubame express on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo and Osaka. Also it set the wo... (more)

A "Shinkansen" highspeed train N700 # N 12 of JR Central is running a "Nozomi" service over the Fujikawa bridge near Fuji-shi.

At 9.44 AM an unknown N700 "Shinkansen" high speed train of JR Central in a "Nozomi" service is passing 3776 meter high Fuji volcano in a distance of about 25 kilometers, with 270 km per hour velo... (more)

At 8.24 AM an unknown N700 "Shinkansen" high speed train of JR Central in "Nozomi" service is passing 3776 meter high Fuji volcano in a distance of about 25 kilometers, with 270 km per hour veloci... (more)

Early morning sunlight hits southbound overnight freight train 6092 that has just left Seikan tunnel territory and navigating along the Mutsu bay at the northern most area in Honshu main island in... (more)