KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--With a puff of black smoke and the toot of a whistle, SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train (The winter wetland steam engine) of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is full steam ahead ...
The biofuel is being used to continually maintain the steam locomotive engine’s fire ... The test, the first of its kind in Japan, is expected to help slash CO2 emissions by a total of more ...