Seven years later I’ve watched this again. I’m still of the opinion that this is one of the best videos on KZbin for trains in Japan. This one, from Sapporo to Kushiro on Hokkaido, is one of the most scenic routes in Japan. It is amazing and as I watched it it was like an old friend as my memory from seven years ago comes rushing back.
This must have been one of the most expensive railway in Japan to build and maintain with relatively low traffic, with million dollar a piece for each snow shelter (as if there was only snowing in Hokkaido)
Does this train have a tilting mechanism? It seems to angle steeper into the turns than the rails does. Also, are the buildings you see from 1:16:56 built there to keep the switches free of snow, or do they have another purpose?
@三田浩一4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it did. (Because there have been quite a few troubles, the railway company have stopped using the mechanism. ) Yes. The buildings are called 'snow shelter'.
@BNforever200910 жыл бұрын
At 20.45 the train stops at the station and i clearly see its under wires, thats telling me it has pantograghs on top. After it leaves the station and it gets further down, there are no wires. Is it diesel powered too? I didnt see no third rail either.
@qksita9 жыл бұрын
yes this is a diesel engine ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9E%E3%82%89_%28%E5%88%97%E8%BB%8A%29
Well, Japan has been the country that has a tradition of importing new thought / technologies for over a century - somewhat similar to that of U.S. The influence of west (English spoken nations, specifically) has been the norm in the past 200 years or so, thus English becoming the world's most common spoken language, despite the fact that there are more Spanish speakers.