It is unlikely that one would first think of trams when considering the Japanese city of Hiroshima- however the city boasts a large and interesting tram network with a wide range of vehicles of va... (more)

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)

Inside the cab of shinkansen 500 series? No, it's a fake. In the end car of a 500 series train, a replica of a driver desk for young and older children is established, where they can play engineer... (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)

Shinkansen of the N700 series is passing Aioi station with 300 km p.h. on the way to Tokyo.

This is a diesel hydraulic with the really weird wheel arrangement of B-2-B. Nice big comfortable cab. I wonder how it handles curves. As in some places in Europe locomotives in Japan are often... (more)

Chichibu Railway is a private railway (shortline) owned by a cement company. Some of its newer MU cars looked like boxes but these older ones had character, like they might be something Samuel Ins... (more)

Chichibu Railway is a private railway (shortline) owned by a cement company. Its units were totally unlike the electrics operated by the other railways in Saitama Province and its primary purpose... (more)

Streetcars of Kagoshima City Tram in the Kagoshima Ekimae end station. The streetcar lines 1 and 2 start about every 5 minutes from here.

Our train from Senzu to Ikawa meets another one. Note the two monkeys in front of the loc

Subsequent to the Torokko Saga Station in Kyoto, there is a restaurant called "19th century hall", in which there are placed two beautifully refurbished steamlocomotives. Here we see C56 98, a 2-6... (more)

Through the streets of Matsuyama with the steam train, ohh no, sorry, it's a diesel! The "Botchan Ressha", circulating on the 1067 mm gauge streetcar system of Matsuyama, is pulled by a little die... (more)

Subsequent to the Torokko Saga Station in Kyoto, there is a restaurant called "19th century hall", in which there are placed two beautifully refurbished steamlocomotives. Here we see C58 48, a 2-6... (more)

Commuter train EMU of 103 series of JR West is entering Kyoto station, coming from the Nara line. The 103 series were built from 1963 to 1984 in a number of 3447 cars. About 300 still in service f... (more)

Cab with driver in 815 series two car EMU between Kumamoto and Higoozu. Typical for japanese railway operation are the white gloves of the driver and his personal pocket watch, placed in a well li... (more)