On an almost empty afternoon train.

A Hikari RailStar service passes a 100-series Shinkansen on a Kodama service, at Mihara Station.

An N700-series Shinkansen on a Nozomi service rounds the curve to the west end of Mihara Station.

A train on the JR Kure line passes over the road from Kure to Hiroshima.

A GreenMover Max tram at Hiroshima Station.

The view from a train on the JR Sanko Line, between Gotsu (Shimane) and Miyoshi (Hiroshima).

The view from a train on the JR Sanko Line, between Gotsu (Shimane) and Miyoshi (Hiroshima).

The conductor prepares for the departure from Hiroshima Station of a local train to Iwakuni.

The view from a train on the JR Sanko Line, between Gotsu (Shimane) and Miyoshi (Hiroshima).

A local train on the JR San’in Line crosses the Amarube Bridge. The magnificent trestle bridge is to be replaced by a concrete structure; the crane in the centre of the photograph is involved in this construction work.

A train on the Kure Line travels along the shore near Tadanoumi.

A train on the Kure Line travels along the shore near Tadanoumi.

The Shinkansen platforms of Fukuyama Station, at nightfall.

‘Doctor Yellow’, the Shinkansen used for checking track, passes through Higashi-Hiroshima Station at speed.

The sleeper train (actually, two trains, joined at Kokura) linking Kyushu and Tokyo calls at Hiroshima Station. Unfortunately, this service is scheduled to be withdrawn next spring.

A Hiroshima-bound train on the San’yo line, near Saijo Station.