4-6-2 "Pacific" steamlocomotive C57 # 1 of Japan Railway, operated by JR West, with the 5 car "Yamaguchi SL" (Yamaguchi province steam train) from Tsuwano to Shin-Yamaguchi near Watarigawa. 201 lo... (more)

4-6-2 "Pacific" steamlocomotive C57 # 1 of Japan Railway, operated by JR West, with the 5 car "Yamaguchi SL" (Yamaguchi province steam train) from Tsuwano to Shin-Yamaguchi near Otoshi. 201 locomo... (more)

More then 20 years after the first run, for me still one of the best looking highspeed trains ever, the 500 series Shinkansen of JR West for 300 km p.h (design speed 320). Designed by the german i... (more)

More then 20 years after the first run, for me still one of the best looking highspeed trains ever, the 500 series Shinkansen of JR West for 300 km p.h (design speed 320). Designed by the german i... (more)

6 car trainset of the 50000 series of the Nankai Electric Railway on the way as "rapi:t" limited express service from Nankai Nanba station in Osaka to Kansai Airport. 6 of this spectacul... (more)

Train # 06 of the 1000 series of Osaka Monorail near the Dainichi station. The 21,2 km long line from Osaka Airport to Kadoma-shi opened between 1990 and 1997.

Trainset 16 of the 2000 series of Osaka Monorail left Banpaku-Kinen-Kôen Station, and is running on the Saito line towards Saito-nishi. Osaka monorail began operation in 1990 and was longtime the... (more)

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

A N700 Shinkansen of the JR Central is entering Kyoto from Osaka, seen from the Kyoto tower observation desk about 100 meter above ground.

An interesting comparison of the fastest Japanese steam locomotive 4-6-4 "Hudson" C 62 # 17 (which reached 129 km/h on cape gauge in 1954) with the experimental train 300X in the large ... (more)

16-car shinkansen of the 700 series # C 21 of JR West is entering Maibara station with a service from Tokyo to Osaka. This train with 13200 kW is 400 meter long and has 1323 seats. In the foregrou... (more)

16-car shinkansen N700 # Z 22 of JR West is racing through Maibara station with 270 km/h from Tokyo to Hakata on a NOZOMI service. In the foreground you can see the new guard rails, which are inst... (more)

This train WILL depart on time. This is Japan. A futuristic looking Shinkansen waits to leave Tokyo station. JR staff are always immaculately turned out, with caps and white gloves.

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)