Empty UP coal train ascends a rolling plain toward Bill just before s.unset

Leaving Nozawa station.

A star among the ED75 units is definately "1028" with the big ED75 logo on the sides. Today she haules a night freight with bule boxcars and containers to meet early morning sun in a rural landsca... (more)

Yoshida-gawa bridge is a known hot spot for rail fans. Southbound ED75 freight can be seen only three times a day during daytime after March 2009. Today ED75 1004 works for a local light freight 1... (more)

First snowfall of the season at Kosugo pass. The freight train 3089 runs between Osaka and Sendai, which is delayed today by 5h50m due to several accidents in Tokaido main line (Osaka - Tokyo). Ra... (more)

Local freight 857 consists of only eleven container cars today. It is an easy job for the 4000kW power EH500. Mt. Zao is seen as a backdrop.

I am proud of the steam! - I might have heard of her voice. It was really fun for an overseas visitor to know American steams and era of American steams.

Old AC electric locomotive ED75, 302 units were built during 1963-1976, are still in use in Tohoku Main line and Joban line (north of Honshu main island). Today ED75 1010 in the latest color schim... (more)

Freight train #3089(Nagoya to hachinohe) passes by the "thousands of cherries at-a-glance" in full blossom. A new observatory bridge open in 2016 is full of visitors. Enjoy difference and similar... (more)

Deep in the mountain, a BNSF manifest heads west at Poe siding.

Regional Express RE21070 head north with BR 143 pushing at the famous Rendsburg bridge in northern Germany. Recent photos of #195699 and #195701 captured at the same bridge stimulated me to submit... (more)

UP full coal descends Logan Hill. Behind upper right is a deadhead of BN fashon two SD70Ms ascending toward coal mine area. In the distance there is remaining smoke of blasting at Antelope coal mi... (more)

BNSF full coal rolls over the hill toward south with 5669 as a rear DPU on the middle track. UP empty coal is approaching on the right track headed by 6800 + 7070. Behind upper right is another UP... (more)

UP 6221 and 6406 bring the rear of empty coal up to North Antelope mine at Nacco Jct.

DB Class 103 locomotive has come back to once-a-week IC train between Koeln Hbf and Hamburg-Altona during June and December. Train consists includes former Rheingold coaches. Today the Sunday Sout... (more)