Posts Tagged ‘niigata’
Playing With Real Snow!
One sunny day in March 2008, we decided that we should go check out how real snow looks and feels like.
Ekiben – Niigata
Taking the Steam Locomotive BanEtsu Monogatari-go at 3.25pm, we arrived Niigata station at 7.00pm.
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Ekiben – Niigata
Ekiben – On the SL Ban Etsu Monogatari
Our bought ekiben in the SL Ban Etsu Monogatari-go. Read more about the SL Ban Etsu Monogatari-go here . Instead of the food/snack trolley pushed by a train attendant in other long distance train, this locomotive has a shop selling food items, drinks and souvenir items
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Ekiben – On the SL Ban Etsu Monogatari
A Ride On A Steam Locomotive
SL Banetsu Monogatari-go is a special express train that runs on a 126-kilometer track from Niigata to Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima and vice versa. This steam locomotive is a C57-180 type train that was in service from 1946 to 1969.The train made a comeback on Apr 19, 1999 celebrating its 10th year anniversary this year. This trip of ours was covered by JR East Pass too and we used this journey for our second day of our 3-day pass.
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A Ride On A Steam Locomotive