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A 103 series EMU passes Kanamachi station on a Joban Line suburban service from Ueno to Toride in June 2002. These ageing trains are gradually being replaced by a new fleet of E231 series...
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Rumbling down through JR Kuwana station on the Kansai Main Line, about 20 km southwest of Nagoya, is a DD51-hauled container train.
June 2001, by Oliver Mayer.
This 11-car train is an Odakyu Electric Railway's Romance...
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A train of blue Japan Oil Terminal tankers is hauled westward through Niiza station on the JR Musashino Line by DC electric freight locomotive EF210-103.
May 2002, by Dave Fossett.
Nagoya Electric Railway (Meitetsu) series 6500...
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Commuter type 103 series serves the Oume Line in mountainous surroundings about 60 km west of dountown Tokyo on a sunny day in spring with cherry blossams in full bloom.
April 2001, by Kiyohito Utsunomiya.
Limited...
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Rolling under cherry blossoms in full bloom is 201 series stock in the Chuo Line's rapid service, at Higashi-Nakano, near Shinjuku/Tokyo.
April 2001, by Kiyohito Utsunomiya.
A 201 series set in the Oume Line's holiday special...
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A freight train rumbling down past Fujikawa station near the Fuji river with Mt. Fuji in the background in mid-afternoon light.
February 2002, by Hiroshi Naito.
A 485 series train in its former national railway's limited...
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Shizuoka Railway series 1000 rolls in a quite city ambiance with Mt. Fuji in the background.
January 2002, by Hiroshi Naito.
Heading for Ueno/Toyko is a series E653 set in Fresh Hitachi limited express service at...
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Resting at Shizuoka Engine Depot with Mt. Fuji in the background are JR Freight's locomotives.
December 31st 2001, by Hiroshi Naito.
A series 189 set in the new year's special Hamakaiji limited express service bound for...