A 681 series train set was operated the limited express "Shirasagi" no. 16 from Kanazawa to Nagoya.

Japanese love to shoot some photos on their excursions, where the date is recorded on the picture. Here a mother takes a photo from her family in front of the icon of Japanese high-speed rail, a S... (more)

Even the third generation of Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen trains are scrapped or museum exhibits now, the 70 trains of the 300 series, built from 1990 to 1998, capable for 270 km/h. Some were in servi... (more)

Six-car stainless steel EMU 313-5000 series of JR Central, built by Nippon Sharyo in 2006 for service on the Tōkaidō Main Line (Toyohashi - Ōgaki), in Nagoya station. 1500 V DC, cap... (more)

The large entrance hall of the SCMaglev and Railway Park shows three outstanding exhibits, each demonstrating japanese speed records. From left steamlocomotive C62 17 which reached 129 km/h on cap... (more)

Some of the pioneering shinkansen trains are museum exhibits nowadays. In the SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya are standing on the right end car # 21-86 of K17 train of the 0 series, built in 1... (more)

Test train MLX01-01 of the super-conducting magnetic levitation train system, developed by the Central Japan Railway Company and Railway Technical Research Institute (association of Japan Railway... (more)

In 1994 a experimental 6-car train was built for JR Central by different manufacturers to test technology to be incorporated in future shinkansen trains operating at speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) o... (more)

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)