Book review "If there were no Shinkansen":

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This is a gloriously nerdy book [by] one of the founding forces behind Japan's Bullet Train [..] for anyone interested in engineering challenges
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Deutsche Bahn built a what?

Schienen-Zeppelin, built in 1931, was a car resembling an airplane that had a propeller at its rear end and ran it over tracks at speeds of 230 km/h.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-if-there-were-no-shinkansen-shuichiro-yamanouchi/

#JetLagTheGame #shinkansen #DeutscheBahn #deutchebahned #trains #ShuichiroYamanouchi

JUST when I was thinking "you know, #GWR has been surprisingly good of late, the Tuesday 0600 to Paddington has been on time for weeks.."

Yeah.

Delay Repay time.

#trains #commute

Book review "If there were no Shinkansen":

"""
This is a gloriously nerdy book [by] one of the founding forces behind Japan's Bullet Train [..] for anyone interested in engineering challenges
"""

Deutsche Bahn built a what?

Schienen-Zeppelin, built in 1931, was a car resembling an airplane that had a propeller at its rear end and ran it over tracks at speeds of 230 km/h.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-if-there-were-no-shinkansen-shuichiro-yamanouchi/

#JetLagTheGame #shinkansen #DeutscheBahn #deutchebahned #trains #ShuichiroYamanouchi

🆕 blog! “Book Review: If there were no Shinkansen - Shuichiro Yamanouchi”
★★★★☆

This is a gloriously nerdy book. Shuichiro Yamanouchi - considered to be one of the founding forces behind Japan's "Bullet Train" system - takes us behind the scenes of its development. It's a mixture of autobiography and corporate retrospective, with a healthy dose of…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-if-there-were-no-shinkansen-shuichiro-yamanouchi/
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#BookReview #trains

🆕 blog! “Book Review: If there were no Shinkansen - Shuichiro Yamanouchi”
★★★★☆

This is a gloriously nerdy book. Shuichiro Yamanouchi - considered to be one of the founding forces behind Japan's "Bullet Train" system - takes us behind the scenes of its development. It's a mixture of autobiography and corporate retrospective, with a healthy dose of…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-if-there-were-no-shinkansen-shuichiro-yamanouchi/
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#BookReview #trains

It was crowded when we got on the intercity in Amsterdam, but we have the whole cabin to ourselves now. #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #trains

I'm on the night train from Kolari to Helsinki, returning from a work gig. This is the longest distance direct train trip in Finland, covering most of the country. It lasts around 11+ hours with around 900km distance.

I've always wanted to take one of these trains, as most of the train is sleeper cabins. Check out mine!

#train #trains #finland

For those wondering, it's a double decker Finnish VR's InterCity sleeper wagon. This train has plenty of other types too, including a generator wagon (this service runs in areas with no power), normal double deckers with seats, cargo, restaurant, some really retro 80s budget wagons and 3 wagons for passenger cars.

#train #trains

I'm on the night train from Kolari to Helsinki, returning from a work gig. This is the longest distance direct train trip in Finland, covering most of the country. It lasts around 11+ hours with around 900km distance.

I've always wanted to take one of these trains, as most of the train is sleeper cabins. Check out mine!

#train #trains #finland

I seem to be stuck this motive (see next toot for more) of giant birds (love me some #birbs 🐦‍) destroying cars (grown to despise cars over the last years 💨) ^__^

#JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtWithOpenSource #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #Krita #DigitalPainting #CriticalMass #PublicTransport #bus #trains #CarBrain #BanCars #birds #birding #nature #NatureLovers #environment #car #cars #motorisiertegewalt #AutoKorrektur @TheWarOnCars

@EUCommission

*waves mournfully from Ireland*

😢

#Trains #MastoDaoine

Liziba Monorail Station, where the #trains go through a residential building! 🚈 (Which do you think came first? The answer: Both the station and the #building were actually constructed together!) Chongqing, #China.

#Train #Transit #Transportation #PublicTransit #Rail #Railway #Architecture #Buildings #City #Cityscape #Urban #UrbanPlanning #UrbanPhotography #Landscape #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo #Photography #MobilePhotography #ShotoniPhone

I was thinking about a suitably quirky toot inspired by listening to Kate Bush's _The Dreaming_

(on a cramped replacement train)
(trying to order pizza online)
(because I've been away all day at the office)
(and the pedestrian horrors and everyday compassion in that office are mind blowing)
(and the kids are hungry at home)

And then, after wondering if 2026 me would like Kate Bush as much as long-ago me if I had never heard her before...
my extremely cursed music player thingy put Donna Summer on next, which was horrifyingly funny

and I still really like The Dreaming.

Now let me order the damn pizza, please.

Does anyone remember rec.music.gaffa?

#music #pizza #trains #home #gaffa

today in surprising Dutch news: a train plowed into an ambulance at a crossing, but no-one at all was hurt. (This is why there are no trains between #amsterdam and #haarlem this morning.)
#trains

Beneath Tokyo’s constant motion lie traces of another era. These “phantom” stations — once bustling gateways for commuters — now act as monuments to Japan’s prewar ambition and resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/history/tokyo-phantom-train-stations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #trains #tokyo #rail #wwii