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JR West operates Limited express HARUKA (=Kansai Airport Limited Express) as airport shuttle, bound for Kansai-kuko (=Kanku, Kansai-shin-kuko, Osaka international airport) from Kyoto. HARUKA reckons RAPIT as a rival.
This train is JR Yumesaki line (=Sakurajima line) bound for Nishi-kujyo from Sakurajima. The EMU is JR series 103, colour scheme is extra USJ. The nearest station for USJ is Universal city stn. in Yumesaki line.
The EMU is JR East "Joyful train", series 485 "UTAGE". Joyful train is a name for special passenger. JR East operates UTAGE for special train and charters. UTAGE means banquet.
Limited express FRESH-HITACHI force a passage through a night.
The EMU is JR series E653 and it's 5 colour scheme, crimson, dark orange, dark turquoise, light gold and medium slateblue.
This MOW equipment is KSP2002, ballast regulator manufactured in Plasser and Theurer. Totetsu operates KSP2002 for JR lines. It's a majority model of ballast regulator.
"SL Minami boso" is a special train for "Chiba destination campaign" by JR East. The steam locomotive is D51, Mikado(2-8-2), manufactured since 1936 to 1955.
The scene is JR Shonan-shinjyuku line at a bridge over shingashi river. This EMU, series E231 is predominate type in JR East in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The Limited express "Superview ODORIKO" is waiting for departure from Omiya to Izukyu-shimoda. This EMU is JR series 251, partial double decker, manufactured in 1990.
ODORIKO is a title of famous novel "Izu no odoriko", novelist is Mr. Yasunari Kawabata.
This train is "Holiday rapid kawaguchiko" bound for Shinjyuku at Shiotsu in JR Chuo line. The tunnel is tightly curved and heavy slope, EMU series 183/189 runs very slowly.
This train is Super express Nozomi. Maximum operational speed is 300Km/H. The EMU series 500 assumed retire from Tokaido shinkansen unitll 2008 and will be service in only Sanyo shinkansen.
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