Thank you for your comment. When you live in Japan, you tend to only notice the bad things and it's hard to notice the good things. Your comments are a great encouragement to me.
no problem! even i live in australia, i got the front garden looking like the japanese garden, japanese household items like the katanas, mt fuji pictures, cookbooks, green tea ceremony kettle and cups, etcs! one day fly up to japan for my holidays there
Inside this train, a child was playing with closing the doors. (The car has a door open/close switch that passengers can operate at will.) The father was the first to notice that a steam locomotive was coming from the front at the station. The mother then explained to the child, "Look ahead. There's a steam locomotive (SL) coming," but the child didn't notice, so the mother tried her best to explain, "Look ahead, ahead, ahead. It's not that way, it's the front." Eventually the child seemed to notice, but the adults seemed to be having more fun.
A very beautiful railway line, I can understand why many tourists like to travel on it! Running special steam trains here makes perfect sense: the encounter with the Japanese "C57" steam locomotive series was simply wonderful 👍🙏 I recently saw a special steam train driving through my hometown by chance. This type of locomotive with exactly this number used to run on this route in the steam locomotive era! Fortunately, it is far from being "old iron" but has been restored and is now used in front of many special trains - just like the Japanese locomotive in your video 😊
The steam locomotives that run on this section are C11s, smaller than the famous C57s in Japan. The C57s are 2-C-1 tenders, and the C11s are 1-C-2 tanks, so you can imagine how big they are. However, I don't think you can tell how big the locomotives are from this video. As the name suggests, the Kinugawa Line was built along the Kinugawa River, and although we can't see it in the cab view, we can enjoy the river view everywhere. Hot spring inns are built along the river, making the views from the rooms wonderful. When Japan's economy was booming, many tourists used this line on weekends and during the high season. Now it's a bit sluggish. Operating steam locomotives is one way to revitalize the line. Everyone hopes that the old vitality will return. Thank you for your comment.
my impression is, that this train is very slow. As a daily passenger I guess I would die 😅 And as a German it is very unfamiliar for me to see all this pylons and cables in the towns. In Germany electric and telecommunication cables are always underground (except high voltage). thank you for this video!
As you point out, trains on this line seem to run at about 30-40km/h. Because it's a branch line in the mountains, modernization of the facilities was probably thought unnecessary. Nevertheless, it seems to be sufficient. When traveling in Europe, one thing I envy is the beautiful cityscapes. Japan is no good. There are electric wires strung all over the place, ruining the townscape. Since the 1800s, modernization has been so hasty that Japanese cities have lost order.
This is a small steam locomotive called C11. It was developed to pull short passenger trains on local lines. Even now, the only lines where steam locomotives are still in operation are for short tourist trains, so this locomotive is highly valued.
Я с удовольствием смотрю видео о передвежении 'трамвайчиков". мне приятно слышно голоса малышей они едут с родителем и им очень интесно это поездка. Спасибо они умнички.
В следующий раз планирую сделать снимки на тему трамваев. Мы также чувствуем себя счастливыми, когда видим, как дети наслаждаются поездами. Я хочу, чтобы они выросли и полюбили поезда.
Who would have expected a meet with a steam passenger extra. Neat, thanks, 14 Ikesan!
I went out without knowing that the steam locomotives were running that day. Suddenly, the boss appeared. What luck.
The steam engine was a nice bonus.😃
I was surprised.
Customer conversations
"mae, mae, mae = forward"
"mae mite mae = look ahead"
"mirete yokatta ne = we were lucky to see the locomotive"
love the train ride, the steam engine was a bonus and makes me wanting to live there, such beautiful towns and houses as im a huge fan of japan!
Thank you for your comment. When you live in Japan, you tend to only notice the bad things and it's hard to notice the good things. Your comments are a great encouragement to me.
no problem! even i live in australia, i got the front garden looking like the japanese garden, japanese household items like the katanas, mt fuji pictures, cookbooks, green tea ceremony kettle and cups, etcs! one day fly up to japan for my holidays there
This was beautiful, lovely countryside, mountains and blue sky and interesting buildings! Also, the steam train was an unexpected bonus!
Beautiful and interesting railway line.
The view from the side is also nice. I have to keep trying to find ways to show it. Thank you for your comment.
Very relaxing
Thank you.
It does not matter what language kids are speaking it always sounds exactly the same. Thanks for the trip. Geoff 🏳🌈
Inside this train, a child was playing with closing the doors. (The car has a door open/close switch that passengers can operate at will.)
The father was the first to notice that a steam locomotive was coming from the front at the station. The mother then explained to the child, "Look ahead. There's a steam locomotive (SL) coming," but the child didn't notice, so the mother tried her best to explain, "Look ahead, ahead, ahead. It's not that way, it's the front." Eventually the child seemed to notice, but the adults seemed to be having more fun.
A very beautiful railway line, I can understand why many tourists like to travel on it! Running special steam trains here makes perfect sense: the encounter with the Japanese "C57" steam locomotive series was simply wonderful 👍🙏
I recently saw a special steam train driving through my hometown by chance. This type of locomotive with exactly this number used to run on this route in the steam locomotive era! Fortunately, it is far from being "old iron" but has been restored and is now used in front of many special trains - just like the Japanese locomotive in your video 😊
The steam locomotives that run on this section are C11s, smaller than the famous C57s in Japan. The C57s are 2-C-1 tenders, and the C11s are 1-C-2 tanks, so you can imagine how big they are. However, I don't think you can tell how big the locomotives are from this video.
As the name suggests, the Kinugawa Line was built along the Kinugawa River, and although we can't see it in the cab view, we can enjoy the river view everywhere. Hot spring inns are built along the river, making the views from the rooms wonderful.
When Japan's economy was booming, many tourists used this line on weekends and during the high season. Now it's a bit sluggish. Operating steam locomotives is one way to revitalize the line. Everyone hopes that the old vitality will return. Thank you for your comment.
Nice video. The only thing I would have liked was a brief view of the train we are riding on before it started.
Thank you for your comment. The last one to appear is the vehicle I was riding in. I failed to take a photo of the one before departure 😅
Very enjoyable.
Thank you.
my impression is, that this train is very slow.
As a daily passenger I guess I would die 😅
And as a German it is very unfamiliar for me to see all this pylons and cables in the towns.
In Germany electric and telecommunication cables are always underground (except high voltage).
thank you for this video!
As you point out, trains on this line seem to run at about 30-40km/h. Because it's a branch line in the mountains, modernization of the facilities was probably thought unnecessary. Nevertheless, it seems to be sufficient.
When traveling in Europe, one thing I envy is the beautiful cityscapes. Japan is no good. There are electric wires strung all over the place, ruining the townscape. Since the 1800s, modernization has been so hasty that Japanese cities have lost order.
Min: 3:58 Very nice shot... a very rare encounter.
I was surprised too. "This is lucky."
Choo choo it so amazing to see first train pass through is steam engine so what is type of steam engine in the video?
This is a small steam locomotive called C11. It was developed to pull short passenger trains on local lines. Even now, the only lines where steam locomotives are still in operation are for short tourist trains, so this locomotive is highly valued.
Я с удовольствием смотрю видео о передвежении 'трамвайчиков". мне приятно слышно голоса малышей они едут с родителем и им очень интесно это поездка. Спасибо они умнички.
В следующий раз планирую сделать снимки на тему трамваев.
Мы также чувствуем себя счастливыми, когда видим, как дети наслаждаются поездами. Я хочу, чтобы они выросли и полюбили поезда.
Liked.
Thank you.
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Thank you！
❤🚂🎥🇯🇵👌👍🇬🇧🐈
Thank you.
助士側でこれだけの見晴らしってことは20400系かな？ いやいや、それなら非常口で遮られるな。さて、なんだろか？
撮影の時は（時も）、私は形式名はまるで気にしていないので、すみません、私からのサジェスチョンができないのであります。貫通扉が助士席側に偏った車が来たら、乗車は見送りです。
@ まあ、あまり気にしないでちゃんと撮れればいいんじゃない？