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| Author: | Sloan [ Tue May 31, 2011 2:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Japan/Using steam power to promote tourism |
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/travel/news/2011 ... 9000c.html Steam to the rescue, since March earthquake and tsunami diminished electric power distribution. Sloan |
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| Author: | Trevor Heath [ Tue May 31, 2011 10:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Japan/Using steam power to promote tourism |
Impressive....thanks for posting TH |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Tue May 31, 2011 11:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Japan/Using steam power to promote tourism |
Did a little checking on YouTube, and Japanese railway preservation seems to have some interesting equipment. What's notable about the line and equipment shown is how much it reminds me of here, specifically of someplace in my West Virginia, with green mountains, a railroad following a river or smaller stream, and black coal-burners with chime whistles that echo off the hills: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qgkXSUi ... re=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-utdlX ... re=related I wonder what else is out there, but didn't have the time to look properly. It's my understanding that there are also interurbans out there. Can anyone confirm or correct this? |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Tue May 31, 2011 11:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Japan/Using steam power to promote tourism |
Fascinating, the impression of an American touch in Japan even holds up at fairly close range--and at about 4:10, check out what look like a narrow-gauge version of Pullman 6-wheel trucks under the last car! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klYo8wDsjpA&NR=1 |
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