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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Fri Nov 12, 2021 8:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Early Japanese film on Shinkansen |
This is worth a look. 1960s documentary on the construction of the Shinkansen. At 11:20, there is a cab car body on meter gauge shop trucks being shunted by a steam locomotive at the construction works. https://youtu.be/Afu9clEUinQ |
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| Author: | EJ Berry [ Sat Nov 13, 2021 12:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Early Japanese film on Shinkansen |
Interesting. Tokaido Shinkansen started operation in 1964, in time for the Olympic Games. Shinkansen gauge is 1435 mm (4' 8 1/2") In 1970 I was in northern Honshu and Hokkaido photographing D51 2-8-2's on local passenger trains. JNR gauge is 1067 mm (3' 6") The single Shinkansen car in the video closely resembles the propeller driven Zeppelin railcar "Schienenzeppelin" of Germany's DRG in 1929-1939. Power was initially by 2 BMW 6-cylinder gas engines, later by one BMW 12-cylinder gas engine. It was not duplicated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schienenzeppelin Phil Mulligan |
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