Ltd Exp. "Shinano" has a rapid service train wait, in order to pass each other at Inariyama Sta. because Shinonoi Line is a single track railroad.

A Nozomi Shinkansen bound for Hakata zips through the blooming fields of Fuji with an iconic backdrop.

A KiHa 48 Series two-car DMU has just arrived in Takayama with an evening northbound service.

The series N700 Shinkansen train in Central Japan Railway Company Shinkansen Hamamatsu Factory

Shinetsu Line trains cross during a blizzard at Myōkō-Kōgen Station, Myōkō, Niigata, Japan, as seen from the warmth of a Naoetsu to Nagano JR Central service.

Steam Locomotive C56 with Diesel Locomotive DD51 with Passeger train From Shin Yamaguchi to Jifuku.

The N700A series Shinkansen train G3 is leaving Kyoto station as Hikari 491 from Nagoya to Hakata (Fukuoka), flanked by two track maintenance vehicles. These vehicles can brought into action with ... (more)

Shinkansen 700 series trainset C13 of JR Central as Hikari 475 from Tokyo to Okayama (732.9 Km) is entering Aioi (Hyogo) station. Max speed of this 60 trainsets is 285 km/h on the Sanyo- and 270 k... (more)

Japanese love to shoot some photos on their excursions, where the date is recorded on the picture. Here a mother takes a photo from her family in front of the icon of Japanese high-speed rail, a S... (more)

Japan's sacred mountain, the 3776 meter high Mount Fuji, is reflected in the water on a rice field which is ready for planting near the city of Fuji, while the N700 series Shinkansen roars past wi... (more)

Even the third generation of Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen trains are scrapped or museum exhibits now, the 70 trains of the 300 series, built from 1990 to 1998, capable for 270 km/h. Some were in servi... (more)

Limited Express SUNRISE IZUMO is a doubledeck overnight train between Tokyo and Izumoshi, which runs with 7-car 285 series EMUs since 1998. Between Tokyo and Okayama, it runs combined with another... (more)

Six-car stainless steel EMU 313-5000 series of JR Central, built by Nippon Sharyo in 2006 for service on the Tōkaidō Main Line (Toyohashi - Ōgaki), in Nagoya station. 1500 V DC, cap... (more)

The large entrance hall of the SCMaglev and Railway Park shows three outstanding exhibits, each demonstrating japanese speed records. From left steamlocomotive C62 17 which reached 129 km/h on cap... (more)

Some of the pioneering shinkansen trains are museum exhibits nowadays. In the SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya are standing on the right end car # 21-86 of K17 train of the 0 series, built in 1... (more)