Sagano Romantic Train, 30th November 2016

Some video of a trip made on the Sagano Romantic Train between Saga Tarokko station and Kameoka Tarokko Station, in the North West area of Kyoto, Japan. The route passes through the Hozukyo Ravine which is on the Hozugawa river. Saga Tarokko station is adjacent to Saga-Arashiyama JR station and Kameoko Tarokko station is near to Umahori JR station.

The train is formed of five coaches with a locomotive at one end and control car at the other. Four of the coaches have opening windows and one is open to the elements, which was the vehicle I rode in. The locomotive is always at the Saga end of the train. The journey takes about 25 minutes each way. Some travellers walk back along paths or get a boat back from a landing near Kameoka JR station. A bus operates between the Kameoko Tarokko station and the boat landing.

The locomotive working the service at the time was DE10 1104, a five axle diesel hydraulic locomotive manufactured in Emperor Hirohito year 46 [1971] with builders number 2984 according to a cast plate on the cab of the locomotive. The locomotive is part of the fleet of West Japan Railway Company.