Kyoto, Honshu

Keihan Electric Railway and Hankyu Railway

The Keihan Keishin line ran in front of our hotel at Yamashina and we travelled the main Keihan and Hanyu lines and probably some others, a rather intensive day

Keihan Keishin line '812'	Keihan Keishin line '810'	Keihan Keishin line '803'	Keihan Railway '5554'
Keihan Railway '2276'	Keihan Railway '2451'	Keihan Railway '5420'	Keihan Railway 'restored' carriage
Keihan Railway '1400'	Keihan Railway '1400'	Another railway '66910'	Hankyu Railway special train
Hankyu Railway special train	Hanyu line 'restored' carriage

JR trains and locos

Around Yamashina and the Kyoto Railway Museum

JR Shinkasnsen '700' at Kyoto	JR 'MO 7512' at Kyoto	JR '4623' at Kyoto	JR '113' or '413' EMU at Kyoto
JR '113' or '413' EMU at Kyoto	JR '113' or '413' EMU at Kyoto	JR 'EF210 10' at Kyoto	JR 'DE10 1118' at Kyoto
JR 'DE10 1156' at Kyoto	JR 'DE10 1156' at Kyoto	Passing EMUs at Kyoto	Passing EMUs at Kyoto
Passing EMUs at Kyoto	Passing EMUs at Kyoto	Passing EMUs at Kyoto	JR 'EF210 105' at Kyoto
Passing EMU at Yamashima	JR 101 / 103 EMU at Kyoto Station	JR EMU at Yamashima	JR EF at Yamashima
JR EMU at Yamashima	JR 'EF510 16' at Yamashima	JR EMU at Kyoto	JR 101 / 103 EMU at Kyoto
JR 'DE10 1152' at Kyoto	JR 'DD51' at Kyoto

Kyoto Railway Museum

Kyoto Railway Museum

Bullet train '021' at Kyoto Museum	Bullet train controls	'80' series EMU '86 001'	'80' series EMU '86 001'
'81-3' at Kyoto Museum	'101' series EMU Kyoto Museum	'103' series EMU Kyoto Museum	'581-35' and '489-1' at Kyoto
'JR 500' and '581-35' at Kyoto	Twilight Express at Kyoto	'100-122-5003' at Kyoto Museum
'DD 51 756' at Kyoto Museum	'DD54 33' at Kyoto Museum
'EF52 1' at Kyoto Museum	'EF52 1' at Kyoto Museum	'EF58 150' at Kyoto Museum	'EF58 150' at Kyoto Museum
'EF65 1' at Kyoto Museum	'EF65 1' at Kyoto Museum	'EF 66 35' at Kyoto Museum	'EF 81 103' at Kyoto Museum
Kyoto Museum roundhouse	Kyoto Museum roundhouse	Kyoto Museum roundhouse	Kyoto Museum roundhouse
H K Porter '1' of 1880 at Kyoto	H K Porter '1' of 1880 at Kyoto	'40', Kitson 2453 of 1881 at Kyoto	'40', Kitson 2453 of 1881 at Kyoto
'40', Kitson 2453 of 1881 at Kyoto	'233' built in 1903 at Kyoto	'233' built in 1903 at Kyoto	'1080' at Kyoto Museum
'B20 10' at Kyoto Museum	'C11 64' at Kyoto Museum	'C 53 45' at Kyoto Museum	'C55 1' at Kyoto Museum
'C58 1' at Kyoto Museum	'C59 164' at Kyoto Museum	'C61 2' at Kyoto Museum	'C61 2' at Kyoto Museum
'C61 2' at Kyoto Museum	'C62 1' at Kyoto Museum	'C62 1' and 'DE 10 1156'	'C62 1' and 'DE 10 1118'
'C62 26' at Kyoto Museum	'D50 140' at Kyoto Museum

Matsuyama, Shikoku

Matsuyama JR Station

An overnight stay to ride the trams and the local line

Shunters near Matsuyama	JR 'EF65 2063' near Matsuyama	On the way to Matsuyama	On the way to Matsuyama
JR 'EF210 168' near Matsuyama	'Anpanman' train '8503'	JR Shikoku '7105' near Matsuyama	JR Shikoku '7002' near Matsuyama
JR 'EF65 2101' at Matsuyama	JR '32 2' at Matsuyama	JR '54 2' at Matsuyama

The Iyo Railway

The Iyo Railway runs three suburban lines from Matsuyama, the tram service in Matsuyama itself and the local buses

Iyo Railway '3505'	Iyo Railway '767'	Iyo Railway '768'	Iyo Railway '662'
Iyo Railway '764' and '725'	Iyo Railway '3509' and '3503'	Iyo Railway '718'	Iyo Railway '724'
Iyo Railway '3307'	Iyo Railway '3304'	Iyo Railway '661'	Iyo Railway '769'
Iyo Railway, Matsuyama

The Matsuyama Tramway

The Matsuyama Tramway runs on five lines around the city including the 'Botchan Ressha', a replica steam train in honour of the first Krauss locos that ran on the line.

'Botchan Ressha No 1'	'Botchan Ressha No 1'	'Botchan Ressha No 14'	Tram '51' at Matsuyama
Tram '52' at Matsuyama	Tram '52' at Matsuyama	Tram '52' at Matsuyama	Tram '55' at Matsuyama
Tram '55' at Matsuyama	Tram '55' at Matsuyama	Trams '57, '71, '75' at Matsuyama	Tram '59' at Matsuyama
Tram '59' at Matsuyama	Tram '61' at Matsuyama	Tram '69' at Matsuyama	Trams '70' and '78' at Matsuyama
Tram '74' at Matsuyama	Tram '74' at Matsuyama	Tram '78' at Matsuyama	Trams '2006' and '5002'
Tram '2101' at Matsuyama	Tram '2102' at Matsuyama	Trams '2108' and '74'	Tram '2108' at Matsuyama
Tram '2110' at Matsuyama	Tram '5001' at Matsuyama	Tram '7002' at Matsuyama	Tram '7002' at Matsuyama
Tram '7202' at Matsuyama	Tram '7302' at Matsuyama	Tram '7701' at Matsuyama	Tram '7701' at Matsuyama
Tram '7901' at Matsuyama	Tram '8201' at Matsuyama	Tram '8301' at Matsuyama	Tram '8501' at Matsuyama
Matsuyama tramway	Matsuyama tramway	Matsuyama tramway

Odakyu and Hakone Railways

Tokyo Shinjuku to Odawara

From Tokyo Shinjuku to Odawara and back

Odakyu Railway '3658'	Odakyu Railway at Shinjuku	Odakyu Railway '1053'	Odakyu Railway 'MSE'
Odakyu Railway 'MSE'	Odakyu Railway 'EXE'	Odakyu Railway 'EXE'	Odakyu Railway 'Express' poster
Odakyu Railway 'Super Express'	Odakyu Railway 'Super Express'	Odakyu Railway depot
Odakyu Railway '1161'	Odakyu Railway '1161'	Odakyu Railway '1161'	Odakyu Railway '1160'
Odakyu Railway '1061'	Hakone Romance Car 7000	Hakone Romance Car 7000	Hakone Romance Car 7000
Hakone Romance Car 7000	Odakyu Railway to Tokyo	Odakyu Railway to Tokyo	Odakyu Railway to Tokyo
Odakyu Railway to Tokyo	Odakyu Railway to Tokyo

The Hakone Tozan Railway

The Hakone Tozan Railway from Odawara to Gora where it connects with the Cable Car to Sōunzan and from there, the Hakone Ropeway to Tōgendai on Lake Ashi.

Hakone Tozan Railway '103'	Hakone Tozan Railway '109'	Hakone Tozan Railway '109'	Hakone Tozan Railway '109'
Hakone Tozan Railway '2001'	Hakone Tozan Railway '2001'	Hakone Tozan Railway '2001'	A crowded Hakone Tozan '2001'
Hakone Tozan service vehicle '1'	Hakone Tozan departure board		Hakone Tozan cable car 'HT1'

Okayama, Honshu

Okayama JR Station

We changed here from the Shinkansen awaiting the connection to Matsushima

JR '415' EMU at Okayama	JR Shikoku '8601' at Okayama	JR Shikoku '5007' at Okayama	JR Shikoku '2110' at Okayama
JR '47 1094' at Okayama	JR '47 1094' at Okayama	JR EMU at Okayama	JR Shikoku unit at Okayama
Twilight Exress 'Mizukaze'	Twilight Exress 'Mizukaze'	Twilight Exress 'Mizukaze'	Twilight Exress 'Mizukaze'

Otsuki, Honshu

Maglev Exhibition Centre, Otsuki

The Maglev Exhibition Centre is outside Otsuki, to the West of Tokyo. The Maglev route and line profile shows the position of the train as blink and you miss it as it's travelling at 500kph (c320 mph).

Maglev production mock-up	Maglev production mock-up	Maglev route and line profile	The Maglev in acton
The Maglev in acton	The Maglev in acton	The Maglev in acton	The Maglev in acton
The Maglev in acton

The Fujikuo Railway

The Fujikuo Railway runs from Otsuki to Fujiyoshida. We caught the bus back from the Maglev Centre to Tanokura Station and back to Otsuki.

Maintenance at Tanokura	The Fujisan View Express '8500'	The Fujisan View Express '8500'	Fujikyu Commuter Train '6000'
Fujikyu Commuter Train '6000'	Fujikyu Commuter Train '6000'	Fujikyu train set '5863'	Fujikyu train set '5863'
Fujikyu train set '1305'	Fujikyu train set '1305'

Otsuki JR Station

The junction for the Fujikuo Railway on the East Japan Chou main line from Tokyo to Nagoya.

JR 'E353' unit probably on test	JR 'E353' unit probably on test	JR '651' unit, Otsuki	JR '651' unit, Otsuki
JR 'E257' unit, Otsuki	JR '211' unit 441M, Otsuki	JR '211' unit 441M, Otsuki	JR '211' unit 548M,, Otsuki

Toyohashi, Honshu

Toyohashi Tramway

Toyohashi is a city in central Japan, Southwest of Tokyo. It is the second smallest tramway system in Japan, just under 10km, with one line with two spurs at one end.

Toyohashi tram 781	Toyohashi tram 785	Toyohashi tram 786	Toyohashi tram 787
Toyohashi tram 801	Toyohashi tram 1001	Toyohashi tram 1001	Toyohashi tram 1001
Toyohashi tram 3102	Toyohashi tram 3201	Toyohashi tram 3201	Toyohashi tram 3202
Toyohashi tram 3202	Toyohashi tram 3203	Toyohashi tram 3203	Toyohashi tram 3203
Toyohashi tram 3502	Toyohashi trams 3504 and 784	Toyohashi tram depot

Toyohashi Station

Toyohashi Station N700	Toyohashi Station N700	Toyohashi Station N700	Toyohashi Station JR700
Toyohashi Station JR700