JR West San'yō & Tokaidō Main Line Local Service, Nishi-Akashi to Kyoto

[Sacto1985]

YouTube member greatjonasan recently released this zenmen tenbou video of the all-stops service on the San'yō and Tokaidō Main Lines from Nishi-Akashi to Kyoto Stations:

 

 

Film from a JR West 321 Series EMU, I'm actually surprised we haven't see more zenmen tenbou videos of this specific route (most zenmen tenbou videos of JR West commuter trains I've seen on this route are always the shin-kaisoku service with its 130 km/h speeds and limited stops).

[bikkuri bahn]

Filming from a shin kaisoku service is a better use of time, you can get more coverage of a line in a given time frame. I suppose the local service is filmed just to be complete, or for rivet counters who want to get the vantage point on the local tracks (denshasen) of a four track main.

[Sacto1985]

Filming from a shin kaisoku service is a better use of time, you can get more coverage of a line in a given time frame. I suppose the local service is filmed just to be complete, or for rivet counters who want to get the vantage point on the local tracks (denshasen) of a four track main.

 

However, I've seen WAY too many zenmen tenbou videos of the shin-kaisoku service between Osaka and Banshū-Akō (though I really like ayokoi's version because it gives descriptions of stations, bridges and even tunnels along the way).

[miyakoji]

Yeah I was thinking that this guy is kinda hardcore for making the video on a local service . Also, he got a decent aspect, not as easy I don't think on a 321 as a 223 or 221.

[Sacto1985]

 Also, he got a decent aspect, not as easy I don't think on a 321 as a 223 or 221.

 

Yeah, I did like this aspect of the video--it looked good and wasn't "zoomed out" to make the train slower than it really was like that video of a trip on the 115 Series EMU from Naoetsu to Nagaoka I posted a message thread about just a few days ago.

[bikkuri bahn]

The shin kaisoku is more glamorous than the local service, so it gets more attention, to the point of being cliche.  That said, it's the shin kaisoku service I would choose for a railfan jaunt.  The local service I use when I have other business, like when I visit a hobby shop near Shin Nagata...

[Sacto1985]

The shin kaisoku is more glamorous than the local service, so it gets more attention, to the point of being cliche.  That said, it's the shin kaisoku service I would choose for a railfan jaunt.  The local service I use when I have other business, like when I visit a hobby shop near Shin Nagata...

 

Correct. Like the Chūō-Sōbu and Keihin-Tōhoku Line services in the Tokyo area, this service shown in the video is aimed at commuters who live and work along the line, not as a longer-distance commute train.