YAMAGUCHI--West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) will revive the age of steam travel this year by operating the SL Yamaguchi sightseeing train for 86 days on its JR Yamaguchi Line, mainly on weekends and ...

YAMAGUCHI--West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) plans to resume operations of the SL Yamaguchi sightseeing train service on the JR Yamaguchi Line starting on Oct. 23 and will offer the service until later ...

A D51 steam locomotive affectionately known as "Degoichi" drives ahead with plumes of smoke bellowing out of its stack, on the JR Yamaguchi Line in the city of Yamaguchi on July 11, 2017. It was the ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma -- Carriages for the popular sightseeing steam train service "SL Gunma" are about to get a retro makeover, with wooden interiors designed to take passengers back to the early Showa era ...