A 42 years old veteran ED75113 heads local freight 857 under clear winter sky. Zao mountains are seen in the distance.
The rice‐planting season has come to Tohoku (Northeast area of Honshu main island). This power unit wear special message of "Ganbaro Tohoku (Let's recover Tohoku) to encourage the disaster a... (more)
First snowfall of the season at Kosugo pass. The freight train 3089 runs between Osaka and Sendai, which is delayed today by 5h50m due to several accidents in Tokaido main line (Osaka - Tokyo). Ra... (more)
Saturday special of ED75 double unit light move from Sendai area (Rikuzen-San-noh ) to Koriyama workshop for overhaul.
Local freight 857 consists of only eleven container cars today. It is an easy job for the 4000kW power EH500. Mt. Zao is seen as a backdrop.
Rare FOUR lead-unit train in Japan. Let me explain how this happened. Old and my most favorite domestic locomotive class ED75 in this image is being replaced by the new class EH500 year by year. T... (more)