YAMAGUCHI -- The "SL Yamaguchi" steam locomotive sightseeing train will resume operations on the JR Yamaguchi Line on May 3 for the first time in two years after undergoing repairs, West Japan ...

The future of Japan’s incredible £50 billion train line hangs in the balance as the project faces delays. Japan's ambitious Maglev bullet train project, designed to revolutionise high-speed ...

(JR Kyushu)'s popular steam locomotive sightseeing ... customers who have a strong desire to ride the train. The situation is regrettable." (Japanese original by Hayato Jojima, Kyushu News Department) ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East ... JR East spent about 200 million yen ($1.6 million) to restore the steam train and started regular service as a sightseeing train in 1999.

Tobu Railway has been operating a tourist train hauled by a steam locomotive since 2017 in the Nikko area - a famous sightseeing spot in Japan. 00:43 The name of the tourist train is the "SL Taiju." ...

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.