shinkansen – Michael Pieracci

April 2012. Traveling from Tokyo to Kyoto. Departing Nagoya station on a Shinkansen bullet train. Train staff in Japan have a very interesting protocol of hand and arm signals.

At time 1:22 a cute jingle starts playing, followed by automated announcements.

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Trains on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Fun train action on my dad’s N scale set. Old school train, passenger and cargo cars on the inner track. Shinkansen bullet train on the outer track.

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