Local freight 857 (Koriyama - Sendai) consists of only 13 container cars. Kosugo pass lies at the border between Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. The grade reaches 25/1000.

Sunday special of ED75 double unit freight, attacking Kosugo pass.

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)

Saturday special of ED75 double unit light move from Sendai area (Rikuzen-San-noh ) to Koriyama workshop for overhaul.

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.

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)

Southward container freight train led by a DF200 diesel-electric locomotive passing a torii gate at the entrance to a Shinto shrine in Abuta, Hokkaido, Japan. The train is traveling on the busy ro... (more)

EF200 is the most powerful Japanese locomotive featured as 6000kW (DC 1500V) and 120km/h. Total 21 units were built during 1990-1993. The power of 6000kW is huge among the Japanese locos as all th... (more)

Pan shot of the Sunday special of vanishing ED75 double unit freight on the Tohoku Main Line south of Sendai. I like the water-filled rice field with foggy mountains in the background. A misty rai... (more)

Shores of the Abukuma river are covered with Strawberry candles in blossom. The red flowers are seen only in this period of the year, which is in good combination with the pretty red loco.

Spring has come! Cherry trees are in full blossom along the Shiroishi river on this weekend. Class ED75 can be seen only on weekends in this area as all the regular trains have been replaced by EH... (more)

Pan shot of the new two-body inverter locomotive EH500 with territory from Tokyo/Kanagawa via Sendai to Hokkaido (Hakodate city). Now total 64 units are in service by Japan Freight Railway Company... (more)