Of the 39.5 km, 20 km, approximately half of the entire Oigawa Main Line, has now been restored.

24:14 So, that means the development taking place here may be benefiting other railway users in other parts of Japan as well. On September 2, a tour of a steam locomotive that retired in March ...

When he was in his teens, Buskirk started collecting train-related magazines and books. His first encounter with Japanese railways was through “Steam Locomotives of Japan,” a photo book his ...

When it also came to bridging the gap in advanced steam technology at the ... built by the Baldwin Locomotive Work for Japan's narrow-gauged Nippon Railway in 1897. The genesis design was ...

The test, the first of its kind in Japan, is expected to ... DL Taiju refers to the Class-DE10 diesel train incorporated to supplement the operations of its steam-driven counterpart.

A Japanese bullet train left one of its doors open while travelling at 280km/h (175mph) on Wednesday. None of the 340 passengers were injured, and the train's operator made an emergency stop when ...

A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after he left the cockpit of a speeding bullet train for several minutes to go to the toilet. He had asked a conductor, who did not have a driver ...