Anthony HortonJan 9

*zooming noises*

Today we are checking out the electronics, hobby & anime merch stores in Akihabara and I decided to get a model of the shinkansen that we'll be taking to Osaka tomorrow.

This is a static display model of the lead car, *not* the beginning of an N gauge layout.

Show threadAnthony HortonJan 9
Pointy.
Show threadAnthony HortonJan 10

And now I'm on board the real thing: the Tokaido Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka. 515 km in 2 hours 30 minutes. It's so good.

#Shinkansen #Train #TrainsOfMastodon

Show threadAnthony HortonJan 10
Mt Fuji from the train.
Show threadAnthony HortonJan 11
I do not have a model Shinkansen problem. I can stop buying them any time I like. I just needed one more so that I can have one at home and one on my desk at work. Plus I now have the complete set of Shinkansen types currently operating on the Tokaido line. There's no need for any more.
Show threadAnthony HortonJan 15

It's been 4 day since I last bought a model Shinkansen and I'm getting itchy...

Meanwhile my tour of Japan continues to be powered by sake and melonpan.

Show threadAnthony HortonJan 16

Latent train nerd senses tingling. Kyoto has a railway museum, and it sells Shinkansen lunch boxes!

Question is though, 700 Series Doctor Yellow or 0 Series? 🤔

https://www.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/

Show threadAnthony HortonJan 17

Oops, how did that happen? Now there are three of them.

I now have both types of Shinkansen that currently operate on the Tokaido line, plus the very first.

Tomorrow we are going to the Kyoto Railway Museum and the kid and I have tickets to drive the Shinkansen simulators.

https://www.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/tickets/#ticket2

Show threadAnthony HortonJan 18
Lunch at the Kyoto Railway Museum, eating inside a converted train car. The kid and I opted for N700 and Doctor Yellow bento boxes respectively. My wife had a grown up meal that did look tastier, but her bento box wasn't even slightly train-shaped so was of no interest.
Show threadAnthony HortonJan 18

A couple of N700A Shinkansen passing each other in Kyoto, as seen from the roof terrace of the Kyoto Railway Museum. You don't have to stand there very long to see one, there are up to 17 trains per hour on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line.

#Shinkasen #Train #TrainsOfMastodon

Show threadAnthony HortonJan 18

I saw an N700S too.

#Shinkansen #Train #TrainsOfMastodon

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I took a great many photos and videos with my various cameras at the excellent Kyoto Railway Museum that I will process in due course, but for now here are mobile phone snaps of their Shinkansen: a 0 Series (the original "bullet train"), a 100 Series (pointier successor to the 0 Series), and a 500 Series (pointiest of all Shinkansen).

#Shinkansen #Train #TrainsOfMastodon

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Show threadAnthony HortonJan 21

Dammit.

OK, that's the last one, for real this time. I now have one model Shinkansen from each of the four cities we've visited.

I already had both types of Shinkansen that we've ridden in, and the very first Shinkansen, so this time I decided to get the Type 923 "Doctor Yellow" track inspection vehicle. Seeing one patrolling the line was considered lucky, plus there's a preserved Type 923 in the SCMaglev and Railway Park museum here in Nagoya so it's appropriate to buy a model one here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Yellow

Show threadSteveg58Jan 21
@spacelizard
Cool!
Show threadSteveg58Jan 21
@spacelizard
HobbyCo has some of the Tomix "First Car Museum" models available in Australia. 😎
Show threadAnthony HortonJan 21
@Steveg58
Show threadWesley MooreJan 18
@spacelizard these trains are so cool. I didn't know about the museum when I was in Kyoto in 2018—I'll have to go back again :)
Show threadAnthony HortonJan 18
@wezm It's definitely worth a visit. They have a very impressive collection of rolling stock and other items (including a big roundhouse *full* of steam engines) and lots of informative displays, exhibits and activities.