KiHa 150 pulling away from Otaruchikko packed with snow and ice

Local services runnning parallel in the fresh snow

Local service running through fresh powder snow in the suburbs of Sapporo

Niseko Express ski service bound for Sapporo

283 DMU set heading out towards Kushiro while the local to Furano waits departure time

Kushiro to Sapporo service emerging from snowsheds on the Nemuro line.

Shintoku to Furano service emerging from the snowsheds on the Nemuro line. The sheds are there to protect the switches from the weather.

Loco standing over while the container wagons are re loaded in the yard nearby

781 EMU on limited express Lilac 10 from Asahikawa to Sapporo

The local snowplow at Furano

485 EMU in old JR colour scheme

E751 and 485 3000 EMU sets at Hachinohe

485 3000 EMU set at Hachinohe

KiHa 52 DMU and EH500 on a passing freight at Morioka

E3 in the dead end at Omagari about to reverse direction to head off to Akita