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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, crosses a bridge at night in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during its final run on June 11, 2023.

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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, crosses a bridge at night in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during its final run on June 11, 2023.

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Steam-powered 'Ginga' train crosses bridge in Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - The steam locomotive-led "SL Ginga" (SL Milky Way) crosses a bridge on JR Kamaishi Line in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train for limited service as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Steamer-led 'SL Ginga' train's inside shown to press

TONO, Japan - The interior of the "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train is shown to the press during a demonstration ride on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service. The train made a test run that day between Kamaishi and Tono in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. On the left wall is a picture of Kenji Miyazawa, an author from the prefecture known for his novel "Night on the Galactic Railroad."

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Steamer-led 'SL Ginga' train makes test run

TONO, Japan - The "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train makes a test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Kamaishi Line in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) visit temporary housing in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2013. The couple encouraged residents of the community-care-type houses which were built after the prefecture was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) visit temporary housing in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2013. The couple encouraged residents of the community-care-type houses which were built after the prefecture was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Volunteers with experience abroad help quake victims

MORIOKA, Japan - Makoto Yanagisawa speaks about his volunteer disaster relief activities for victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster on Jan. 28, 2013 in Tono, Iwate Prefecture. He returned to Japan to help the victims recover from the disaster, giving up on his stem cell research in the United States.

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Encouraging people of Iwate

TONO, Japan - A woman is seen holding a sign that reads, ''Hang in there Iwate,'' by a crossroad in the city of Tono in tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture on March 17, 2011.