Bullet train-like sightseeing train starts running

Bullet train-like sightseeing train starts running

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A sightseeing train, that resembles the 0 series shinkansen bullet trains, departs from JR Uwajima Station in the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on March 15, 2014, as Shikoku Railway Co. began operation of the train. The one-car train runs at a maximum speed of 85 kilometers per hour.

Sightseeing train resembling Shinkansen bullet train debuts

Sightseeing train resembling Shinkansen bullet train debuts

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held on March 15, 2014, at JR Uwajima Station in the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, to mark the start of Shikoku Railway Co.'s operation of a sightseeing train that resembles the 0 series Shinkansen bullet trains. The one-car train runs at a maximum speed of 85 kilometers per hour.

Tourists ride shinkansen look-alike train

Tourists ride shinkansen look-alike train

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Children and railroad fans ride a sightseeing train whose outward appearance looks like the original 0 series shinkansen bullet train in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on March 15, 2014. Shikoku Railway Co. began operating the one-car train on the JR Yodo Line connecting Ehime and Kochi prefectures in western Japan.

Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A train on the JR Iwaizumi Line is covered by a mudslide that occurred on the morning of July 31, 2010, in Iwaizumi City in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. Three passengers and one of the operators of the train were slightly injured when the one-car train was forced to make an emergency stop.

51 injured in train-truck collision in Hokkaido

51 injured in train-truck collision in Hokkaido

BIHORO, Japan - A one-car train on the Hokkaido Railway's Sekihoku Line derailed after colliding with a heavy trailer truck (L back) at a crowing in Bihoro, Hokkaido, on March 1. Fifty-one of the train's 70 passengers were injured, as well as the drivers of the train and the truck.

51 injured in train-truck collision in Hokkaido

51 injured in train-truck collision in Hokkaido

BIHORO, Japan - A one-car train on the Hokkaido Railway's Sekihoku Line derailed after colliding with a heavy trailer truck (L back) at a crowing in Bihoro, Hokkaido, on March 1. Fifty-one of the train's 70 passengers were injured, as well as the drivers of the train and the truck. (Kyodo)

CORRECTED Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

CORRECTED Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A train on the JR Iwaizumi Line is covered by a mudslide that occurred on the morning of July 31, 2010, in Iwaizumi City in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. Three passengers and one of the operators of the train were slightly injured when the one-car train was forced to make an emergency stop. (Kyodo)

Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A train on the JR Iwaizumi Line is covered by a mudslide that occurred on the morning of July 31, 2010, in Iwaizumi City in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. Three passengers and one of the operators of the train were slightly injured when the one-car train was forced to make an emergency stop. (Kyodo)