Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Kurobe Gorge Railway Co.'s "torokko" train offers passengers scenic views of the mountains in Kurobe in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2023. The railway resumed partial operations the same day after a nearly five-month suspension during the winter.

Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Kurobe Gorge Railway Co.'s "torokko" train offers passengers scenic views of the mountains in Kurobe in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2023. The railway resumed partial operations the same day after a nearly five-month suspension during the winter.

Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Kurobe Gorge Railway Co.'s "torokko" train crosses a steel bridge in Kurobe in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2023. The railway resumed partial operations the same day after a nearly five-month suspension during the winter.

Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Scenic trolley train at Kurobe Gorge

Kurobe Gorge Railway Co.'s "torokko" train crosses a steel bridge in Kurobe in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2023. The railway resumed partial operations the same day after a nearly five-month suspension during the winter.

Sagano 'torokko' train celebrates 1 million passengers

Sagano 'torokko' train celebrates 1 million passengers

KYOTO, Japan - Sagano Scenic Railway Co. in Kyoto, western Japan, holds a ceremony on March 19, 2014, as the annual number of visitors aboard its popular "torokko" sightseeing train since April 2013 reached one million that day, exceeding the threshold for the first time ever.

Minamiaso railway partly resumes operations

Minamiaso railway partly resumes operations

A "torokko" train runs through the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on a line operated by Minamiaso Railway Co. on July 31, 2016, as the company resumed the operations on part of the line the same day for the first time in three and a half months following a series of earthquakes since April 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo