Izukyu Resort sightseeing train

[Harold]

First of all I'll apologise if this particular train has been featured here previously...

A couple of years ago I was travelling to a hot spring resort south of Tokyo. Part of the journey there involved switching to a local service train. It took a coastal route and passed through many tunnels along the way.

The train was a special sightseeing service. It has fully adjustable seating, large windows and something special each time we entered a tunnel...

In the darkness the ceiling became an animated scene of the cosmos with twinkling stars, meteors, etc.

I discovered after the trip that it was named a 'Black Ship Train' and operates only on this route. Here is some film I took of the journey through a tunnel.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/vCW-zOPVpAg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/vCW-zOPVpAg</a>

Here are more images from someone else's experience on the train:

http://m-imajo.main.jp/m-imajo/akari/akarimuseum/folder3/izukyukurofune-e.html

[KenS]

While the train has been discussed before, with Prototype threads on both the 2100 series and the Black Ships version of it, and a thread on the Micro Ace model, this is the first I'd heard of the interior display.  Very cool. 

Thanks for posting the video.

[cteno4]

wonderful ceiling! guess its an oblique projection system. really nicely done and great effect for a resort train!

the appointments of the train's interior really show a nice attention to detail!

thanks harold

jeff