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  1. IR local train in the planet Iscandar

    IR local train in the planet Iscandar

    This is a composite photo. The concept is following. This is a world in the movie Space Battleship Yamato. Here is the planet Iscandar, a twin planet with Gamilus. The train is an IR (=Iscandar Railway) local train. The EMU was imported from JR-East, series E231. The planet over the sky...
  2. Aim at Omiya station in snow #2

    Aim at Omiya station in snow #2

    I shot this scene from the top car of the train (series E231) going to Omiya. It looks not white but little blue. The reason is a window of heat-wave-resistant glass and the snow.
  3. Aim at Omiya station in snow #1

    Aim at Omiya station in snow #1

    The local train of the Tohoku line arrives to Ueno in snowing. I go to the Omiya station by this train. (Series E231, return to Utsunomiya from Ueno)
  4. Shingashi river in the twilight

    Shingashi river in the twilight

    The scene is JR Shonan-shinjyuku line at a bridge over shingashi river. This EMU, series E231 is predominate type in JR East in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
  5. New generation series E231, JR East

    New generation series E231, JR East

    This EMU is new generation series E231, developed by JR East. Power controller of series E231 is VVVF (Variable Voltage Variable Frequency) and TIMS (Train Information Management System) monitors and controls the EMU by computers. Series E231 manufactured since 1999, 8 types are operating...




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