It has started to test a new way of operating steam trains, using rapeseed oil instead of coal. "We've got some old, small locos from quarries, from the Welsh slate industry, and they provide the ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive ... only 60 percent of the heat that coal can,” said Hisashi Tezuka, 53, a chief of Tobu Railway’s rolling stock department.