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Japanese Train #1 this year is a JR West N700A (8-cat) on a Kodama service north from Hakata.
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Most places don't take "rail museum" literally, but Kitakyushu (a steel town) does
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Best trains at Kyushu Railway Museum:

EF10 35 circa 1935 1Co+Co1 electric freight locomotive

C59 1 4-6-2 express passenger steam locomotive built in 1941

EF10 35
C59 1
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Trains #3 and #4 were this goofy nonsense, the Mojiko Retro Express! Two open passenger cars sandwiched between two little low profile industrial shunters, running along the port and through a tunnel under the shinkansen tracks.
View from the back
Goofy little thing
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Train #5 was a JR Kyushu 821 series EMU. Just a local commuter train, but great upholstery.
Just a train...
But with good customer experience
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Train #6 JR Kyushu 885 series limited express EMU running a Sonic service. You can tell it's not new (built circa 2001), but the seats are extremely comfy. Ironic, as this is the direct ancestor of the Hitachi trains in England where everyone seems to hate the seats.
Spoiler for Monday in back
Comfy seats
Looks like an ICE3, but is ancestor of BR 8xx
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