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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show Nobiru Station on the JR Senseki Line in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (L), three days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 3, 2014 (R).

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Railroad soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show part of JR Senseki Line rail track in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom). Services on the line have been partly resumed.

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Stranded train recovered in tsunami-hit Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - A train car is lifted by crane in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2011, to be loaded onto a trailer. East Japan Railway Co. began work the same day to recover a four-car train, which has been stranded there for nearly nine months since the March earthquake and tsunami, which heavily damaged the rail track and other facilities of the JR Senseki Line connecting Sendai with Ishinomaki.

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U.S. soldiers engage in recovery work in Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Japan are engaged in recovery work at Nobiru Station on the JR Senseki Line in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. Around 40 U.S. soldiers from Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 16 members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces began removing rubble at the station. The U.S. forces and the SDF will also work on the recovery of neighboring Rikuzenono Station. Both stations were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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U.S. soldiers engage in recovery work in Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Japan are engaged in recovery work at Nobiru Station on the JR Senseki Line in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. Around 40 U.S. soldiers from Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 16 members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces began removing rubble at the station. The U.S. forces and the SDF will also work on the recovery of neighboring Rikuzenono Station. Both stations were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Inside of tsunami-hit train

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2011, shows the inside of a train on the JR Senseki Line, which was derailed and tilted by the March 11 massive earthquake-triggered tsunami, in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Full service restored on quake-damaged railway line in northern Japan

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held at East Japan Railway Co.'s Ishinomaki Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2015, to mark the full restoration of the Senseki Line crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High schoolers wave to train on new railway line in northern Japan

High school students wave to a train on the 47.2-km Senseki-Tohoku Line in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2015. The new line connecting East Japan Railway Co.'s Tohoku Trunk Line and Senseki Line was launched on the same day as the full restoration of the latter Line once crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Land being developed around JR East's new Nobiru Station

Land is seen being developed around JR Senseki Line's new Nobiru Station (L) in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 30, 2015. The station has been relocated to the higher ground after it was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man stands on platform of JR Senseki Line's former station

Masanobu Sakamoto, a resident of Higashimatsuhima, Miyagi Prefecture, stands on the platform of the former Nobiru Station of the quake-hit JR Senseki Line linking Sendai and Ishinomaki on May 30, 2015. It now takes 30 minutes for Sakamoto to walk to the new Nobiru Station built on higher ground from his house. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit local train line resumes full operation in north Japan

Singer Ichiro Mizuki (2nd from R) and fans strike a pose in celebration of the resumption of full train services on East Japan Railway Co.'s tsunami-hit Senseki Line during a ceremony at Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2015. The train features characters by the late manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, who hailed from a nearby town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit local train line resumes full operation in north Japan

Local residents celebrate with flags the resumption of full train services on East Japan Railway Co.'s tsunami-hit Senseki Line near Nobiru Station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2015. The train features characters by the late manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, who hailed from a nearby town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit local train line resumes full operation in north Japan

Participants in a ceremony celebrating the resumption of full train services on East Japan Railway Co.'s tsunami-hit Senseki Line send off a train at Nobiru Station in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2015. (Pool photo by Kahoku Shimpo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Derailed train cars on Senseki Line following 2011 disaster

File photo taken in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2011, shows derailed train cars on East Japan Railway Co.'s Senseki Line due to the previous day's huge tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake. The line was fully restored on May 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. soldiers engage in recovery work in Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Japan are engaged in recovery work at Nobiru Station on the JR Senseki Line in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. Around 40 U.S. soldiers from Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 16 members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces began removing rubble at the station. The U.S. forces and the SDF will also work on the recovery of neighboring Rikuzenono Station. Both stations were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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U.S. soldiers engage in recovery work in Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Japan are engaged in recovery work at Nobiru Station on the JR Senseki Line in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 21, 2011. Around 40 U.S. soldiers from Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 16 members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces began removing rubble at the station. The U.S. forces and the SDF will also work on the recovery of neighboring Rikuzenono Station. Both stations were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Railroad soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show part of JR Senseki Line rail track in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012 (bottom). Services on the line have been partly resumed. (Kyodo)

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Inside of tsunami-hit train

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2011, shows the inside of a train on the JR Senseki Line, which was derailed and tilted by the March 11 massive earthquake-triggered tsunami, in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Walking on a rail track

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - A woman carrying a bag of clothing, which she retrieved from her tsunami-hit home, walks on a rail track, past a derailed train on the JR Senseki Line on March 18, 2011, in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Stranded train recovered in tsunami-hit Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - A train car is lifted by crane in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2011, to be loaded onto a trailer. East Japan Railway Co. began work the same day to recover a four-car train, which has been stranded there for nearly nine months since the March earthquake and tsunami, which heavily damaged the rail track and other facilities of the JR Senseki Line connecting Sendai with Ishinomaki. (Kyodo)