If you're interested in seeing a lot of "zenmen tenbou" videos....

[Sacto1985]

I've been posting every now and then a number of excellent zenmen tenbou YouTube videos of trains in Japan. If you're interested in finding out more of these videos, put in the Japanese phrase:

 

前面展望

 

...into the Search box of YouTube. You will get a gigantic list of such videos, like a couple I found recently:

 

Tsuchiura to Shinagawa Stations on the Ueno-Tokyo Line Special Rapid Service through the Jōban Line and Tokaidō Main Line with an E531 Series trainset (JR East runs E531's because north of Toride Station on the north shore of the Tone River, the JR East Jōban Line uses 20,000 V AC overhead power):

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRHAoYMJGOQ

 

Tachikawa to Kawaski on the JR East Nambu Line from the new E233 trainset:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv7ePdcEzPs

 

Asakusa to Shibuya on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Subway:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhMsqIX4nGQ

 

Note the 1,435 mm track gauge and the large amount of construction going on around Shibuya Station, the last station on this trip.

 

 

[Densha]

Those 60 FPS videos really make a huge difference! Everything is much smoother!

[Sacto1985]

Those 60 FPS videos really make a huge difference! Everything is much smoother!

 

My favorite is still the Ueno-Tokyo Line Rapid Service from Tsuchiura to Shinagawa. Note in this video we also see the parallel Jōban Line local service between Nippori and Toride Stations--trains that use probably 1,500 V DC overhead power only. And best of all, this YouTube member includes descriptions of every station and river the line bridges over.

 

(EDIT: In the video I just referenced, from about 22:00 to 22:08 just south of Fujishiro Station, you can see the "dead zone" of overhead wiring with essentially no power that connects the 20,000 V AC overhead power catenary with the 1,500 V  DC overhead power catenary.)

Edited April 11, 2015 by Sacto1985

[railsquid]

Note the 1,435 mm track gauge and the large amount of construction going on around Shibuya Station, the last station on this trip.

 

There's a lot going on there - the whole area around the station will be transformed in the next few years.