(Almost) a classic freight train

[Nick_Burman]

 

 

Cheers NB

[bikkuri bahn]

A test run of a group of new taki 1200 (zinc calcine haulage) from Kumagaya Freight Terminal Station to Kawasaki Freight Station, location is the Takasaki Line outside of Kumagaya.  A test run is likely why a yo 8000 is on the head end.

[bikkuri bahn]

Being hauled from the Nippon Sharyo plant in Toyokawa:

 

On the Tokaido Line between Shimada and Kanaya:

 

Test run at Omiya Sta. and at Shitte Sta, the latter behind an EF210, which apparently caused quite a sensation:

 

Nice pictures of the new rolling stock:

http://www5.big.or.jp/~t_fukuda/JR_tank/taki1200/taki1200-2_11.htm