Rolling Stock
The train is formed of 24 series sleeping cars based at JR East's Aomori Depot, typically consisting of 13 cars including a KaNi24 generator car at the Aomori end. The train is hauled by a JR East Nagaoka-based EF64-1000 DC electric locomotive between Ueno and Nagaoka, and by an EF81 between Nagaoka and Aomori.
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Akebono service hauled by an EF64-1000 locomotive, March 2013
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Akebono service hauled by an EF81 locomotive, June 2007
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Rear of the train at Ueno Station, December 2006
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