カシオペアに喜ぶホーム上の人↑(2021年6月26日、蕨駅、京浜東北線)
カシオペア全景↑(2021年6月26日、蕨駅の西川口寄り、京浜東北線)
京浜東北線蕨駅ホームの端に、撮り鉄たちが集まっています。
珍しい列車が来るのかと思い、暫くそこにとどまることにしました。
暫くして、カシオペアがやってきました。
ホームにいる人も、予期せぬ列車の登場にはしゃいでいます。
I happened to see the Cassiopeia train set passing towards the north on the platform of Warabi railway station. It is a luxury charter train service and used to operate as a Limited express until March 2016, running between Ueno and Sapporo.
【Bon appétit !】
Neither JR East nor JR Hokkaido owns electric locomotives capable of operating through the Seikan Tunnel to and from Hokkaido after the overhead line voltage was raised from 20 kV to 25 kV AC with the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen on 26 March 2016, but JR East leases JR Freight electric locomotives to haul the Cassiopeia trainset on seasonal services through the Seikan Tunnel after the Hokkaido Shinkansen opened. The coaches are also used on cruise train services to other destinations within the JR East region.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(train))