Japan: Freight Trains at Shin-Kawasaki (Tokyo) 07Sep18

Freight services passing through Shin-Kawasaki station (between Tokyo & Yokohama)
Approximately 20 km from Tokyo station, it is a stop for some trains on the Yokosuka and Shōnan-Shinjuku Lines.
Locomotive classes EF65, EH200 & EH500 are captured.

[@TRSPomerania]

Nice catches Mitch, interesting trains :) Thumbs up! :)

[@daten__]

The E217 series that was in the video is about to get replaced by the new E235 series used in the Yamanote line in 2019. I am Japanese and I am a little bit sad to see it go because I think it looks cool. Also it has been in service since 1994 which makes it one of the oldest (modern looking train you could say) in service.

[@video_mitch]

Thanks for the information, if I had have known, I would have captured more of the E217's.

[@themid-nightclub6123]

I am also japanese and i love our trains here it broke my heart to move to america but ive adjusted nicely but i will say i miss them!!! For both cargo and the like! I wonder why america cant lest do cargo trains as good as us!

[@JonathanH1253]

@@themid-nightclub6123 our freight trains are up to 2 miles long... sometimes longer, and sometimes need 7 or more engines, what are you even talking about?

[@themid-nightclub6123]

@@JonathanH1253 just talking about how the trains america have are nice to film but you dont see the high speeds our freight trains do

[@JonathanH1253]

@@themid-nightclub6123 depends on where you go really, in towns they don't go that fast usually, but in more rural areas they go around 60 mph, sometimes more

[@AussieTrainiacs]

They are all quite short trains!

[@video_mitch]

I think partly due to the need to travel quite fast to fit in between the passenger trains,

[@Darknecros7]

I find it neat, that at least at that station, the freight track is seperate from the passenger line. I wonder if the tracks join up and become single track, or if that particular railroad line always has at least 2 tracks?

[@ph11p3540]

Short freight trains would make sense only in Japan where they have to give priority to passenger trains. Still, I can't help but think of all the money the fight rails bleed without charging 20 times per tonne/km than a US class 1 freight railways charges.