The top ten steam trains which the majority of people absolutely desire to take among all Japanese trains |

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The steam train makes travelers sentimental and nostalgic. Not only railway fan, others also want to get in this kind of train. If taking it, we would surely like to take the most popular train. The online travel site, ‘Rakuten Travel’, presents the find concerning the ranking of popular steam train.

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1st	Shizuoka	SL Kyuko (Oi Main Line)	921
2nd	Yamaguchi	SL Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Line)	523
3rd	Niigata~Fukushima	SL Banetsu Monogartari (Shinetsu Main Line, Ban’etsu West Line)	284
4th	Kumamoto	SL Hitoyoshi (Kagoshima Main Line, Hisatsu Line)	283
5th	Hokkaido	SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen (Senmou Main Line)	234
6th	Saitama	SL Paleo Express (Chichibu Main Line)	157
7th	Gunma	SL Minakami (Joetsu Line)	136
8th	Tochigi~Ibaraki	SL Mooka (Mooka Line)	131
9th	Fukushima	SL Aizu Tadami (Tadami Line)	103
10th	Shiga	SL Kitabiwako (Hokuriku Main Line)	88

‘SL Kyuko’ in Oigawa main Line, Oigawa Railway catches the most popularity, which has a lot of atmosphere, such as the pastoral landscape along Oi River. It is attracting many people who said “its presence and power are notable like a creature, and other vehicles can’t create such atmosphere”.

‘SL Yamaguchi’ in Yamaguchi Line, JR West is ranked in 2^nd place, which is towed by C57-1, called ‘Notable Lady’. The retro five carriages win popularity because a passenger said “I enjoyed the different interiors that each carriage has”. Apparently, each carriage has different design such as ‘Observation carriage’ having observation deck, ‘European carriage’ stained glass and particular interior appear, ‘Showa carriage’, ‘Meiji carriage’ and ‘Taisho carriage’.

The 3^rd place is ‘SL Banetsu Monogatari’ running Niigata to Aizuwakamatu, Fukushima. The feature of this is that it creates the classical atmosphere that the wooden-grain tone in the interior and the color of its body make. Actually, this train already retired from Ban’etsu West Line in 1969, but it has revived by lots of requests since 1999. “This steam train is cherished, loved and treasured by the public for a long time”, some people said.

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The caution that steam trains have is that these don’t run everyday, so that you’d better check its schedule in advance. If you miss it, it isn’t sure that next chance is coming soon. Why don’t you take it without any hesitation?

The outline of this survey

Period: 8^th April 2016 ~ 14^th April 2016
Method: the questionnaire for readers of mail magazine from Rakuten Travel
The total number of votes: 2936