It is Friday so I have been at this since Sunday when I started at Swindon and Cricklade Railway, been to York, Manchester and Severn Valley. It is difficult to go to Heritage Railways during week days as many of them are only open at Weekends. Tomorrow I have plans!!
I thought I would reflect on an icon of the 1960s I remember the Japanese "Bullet Train" or Shinkansen Tokiado from the Tokyo Olympics the XVIII Olympiad in 1964 some 44 years ago.
The country showcased this train to the world in 1964 as it could travel at 130mph. A network of Trunklines was opened and as they say the rest is history.
This is in the NRM, having been given as an exhibit by the railway company to the NRM.
This contributed to the growth of Tokyo from 1965 until today ensuring that it is now a "Mega City" it has a the Metropolis "greater Tokyo" has a population of some 35 million people. That is plenty of passengers.
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