Every train should have a stove in winter, especially one on which you can grill some squid

This section of track in the mountains of Japan is slowly being reclaimed by nature. I visited in September 2020. It will be interesting...

Torii gates are usually seen at the entrance to shrines in Japan. But here, they are an interesting addition to this disused platform

This platform hasn't been used since the 1980s. Yet the seats still remain. Somehow, visiting in the pouring rain made it much more...

Preserved rolling stock are great to see. Gleaming, shiny, polished trains sitting well-protected in museums are an important part of our...

These disused rail bridges are becoming increasingly overgrown. Trains no longer pass over them. Will the bridges be saved as part of the...

This station was called Yasuushi Station and was on the Soya Main Line in Hokkaido. I went up this line in August 2018 from Asahikawa to...

I love this train. It's certainly one of my favourites, if not my number one. I love the design, the colour, how it moves, how it sounds....

This station was on the Kashima Railway Line which closed in 2007. I visited in February 2019 and walked along the majority of the line.

I love this local railway station sign. There's plenty of character in the sign itself and there's a perfect background of green rice...

This board shows the fares from Okuyukiusu Station on the Shibetsu Line that closed in 1989. The station building and platform are...

At the end of 2018, I travelled to the wintery north of Japan. This old diesel train was running along the Gono Line and it looked...