16-car shinkansen N700 of JR West is racing through Maibara station with 270 km/h from Tokyo to Hakata on a NOZOMI service. In the foreground you can see the new guard rails, which are installed t... (more)

8-car 500 series shinkansen trainset # V2 of JR West as Kodama 732 from Hakata to Okayama (442 km) stopping in Shin-Yamaguchi. On the two middle tracks the trains are racing through with 300 km/h.

Cab of EMU 221 series of JR West bound for the Sagano line. The Japanese railway operation is an interesting and sometimes quite astonishing mix of modern (futuristic looking trains, computer-base... (more)

381 series tilting electric multiple unit of JR West in "Yuttari Yakumo" livery is running the Limited Express "Yakumo 10" from Izumoshi to Okayama along the Shinji-ko lake near Tamatsukurionsen.

Two KiHa 189 series 3-car Diesel multiple units are entering Himeji station with the Limited Express "Hamakaze 3" from Osaka to Kasume (214 km). 7 KiHa 189 series 3-car DMUs were delivered by Niig... (more)

8-car shinkansen 500 series trainset V2 is leaving Aioi (Hyogo) with Kodama 753 to Okayama and Hakata in the evening sun.

"Pacific" steamlocomotive C 57 1 of Japan Railways (West) was built in 1937 by Kawasaki as first of a series of 201 engines. The very successful locomotives were built from 1937 to 1947 and run ti... (more)

Short service stop for the "SL Yamaguchi" steam train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Tsuwano in Niho station, observed and photographed by many Japanese families and just a few "long noses" from Europe.

The KiHa 40 diesel railcars were built from 1977 to 1982 for suburban and rural services. KiHa 40 # 2079 is running from Yamaguchi to Shin-Yamaguchi (12.7 km) as local, together with 2 other railc... (more)

16 of this 8-car 700-7000 series "Rail Star" were built from 1999 for JR West, with a maximum speed of 285 km p.h., for service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata (San-Yo Shinkansen). Trainset E6 is en... (more)

The 16-car N700-7000 sets are operated by JR West on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen services. 16 trains of this "N" series were built from 2007 to 2010 for JR West for duty mainly for Nozomi und Hik... (more)

Two car diesel tilting trainset KiHa 187 of JR West with Limited Express "Super Matsukaze 7" from Tottori to Masuda near Yonago.

19 of the 8-car N700-7000 series shinkansen were built for JR West from 2010 to 2012, for the "Sakura" and "Mizuho" services between Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima-Chuo. In contrast to the N700 series o... (more)

For me the best looking highspeed train ever, 500 series of JR West for 300 km p.h (design speed 320). Designed by the german industrial designer Alexander Neumeister, 9 of this 16-car trains were... (more)

Electric multiple unit tilting train KuHa 381 in "Yuttari Yakumo" livery, running as Limited Express "Yakumo 15" from Okayama to Izumoshi (220 km). This 120 km p.h. tilt train for 1500 V DC were b... (more)