49 of this most powerful japanese steamlocomotives were built from 1948 to 1949. This famous "Hudson" 4-6-4 locomotives have a 1750 mm driving wheel diameter and this particular C62 17 broke the s... (more)

Bo'Bo'Bo' locomotive EF66 # 126 of JR Freight with a container train to the Nagoya terminal is passing Sasashimaraibu station. This 3900 kW EF66-100 locomotives were built from 1989 by Kawasaki Sh... (more)

The newest shinkansen type on the Tokaido and Sanyo line is the N700 A (A for advanced). This particular set G 4 was delivered from Nippon Sharyo on january 22, 2013. Externally the same as the N7... (more)

EH200 Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo' double locomotive "Blue Thunder" for freight trains under 1500 V DC with a power of 4520 kW and max 110 km p.h. in the freight yard of Minamimatsumoto, ready to pick up a conta... (more)

Multi-voltage AC/DC (20 kV 50/60 Hz AC and 1500 V DC) locomotive EF 510-512 of JR East in "Hokutosei"-livery, pulling the "Cassiopeia" overnight train from Tokyo Ueno to Sapporo, passing Uguisudan... (more)

E 257 trainset M-109 of JR East is entering Matsumoto station, coming from Shinjuku (Tokyo) as Limited Express Azusa 21. The 9-car trainsets were built from 2001, max. speed is 130 km p.h., cape g... (more)

Two shinkansen 16-car trainsets of the N700 series are passing each other on the east side of Kyoto station, seen from the Kyoto Tower skydesk.

Trainset 16 of the 2000 series of Osaka Monorail is nearing Banpaku-Kinen-Kôen Station, coming from the Saito Line. In the middle the tracks of the Monorail main line direction Kadomashi. Osaka m... (more)

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

3 generations of Shinkansen trains in Shin-Yamaguchi station at 06.16 PM. Shinkansen N6 trainset of the N700 series is passing two "Kodama" trains with 300 km p.h, running as "Nozomi 58" from Haka... (more)

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

The "Yamaguchi Steam Train" with the Pacific C 57 1, built by Kawasaki in 1937, near Otoshi (Yamaguchi prefecture) on the way from Tsuwano to Shin-Yamaguchi. This steam train is running every satu... (more)

The "Yamaguchi Steam Train" with the Pacific C 57 1, built by Kawasaki in 1937, is crossing the bridge near Watarigawa (Yamaguchi prefecture) on the way from Tsuwano to Shin-Yamaguchi. This steam ... (more)

Localtrain between Tateyama and Soga near Kazusa-Minato in the morningsun. Right in the background the Tokyo Bay

Nozomi bullet train from Hakata Station in Fukuoka speeds through Shin-Iwakuni en route to Tokyo.