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The main national news event today in Japan, especially as it's a Monday, and also many people are starting their summer holidays. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/07/f2214434e689-update1-shinkansen-bullet-train-services-halted-between-tokyo-and-nagoya.html *Apparently a tractor pulling a several wagons of ballast collided head on with what appears to be a tamping machine, causing both vehicles to derail. As the derailment spot is located in a rather narrow cutting, a crane couldn't be maneuvered in to rerail the vehicles, and instead jacks were used for the process, taking extra time. *The 2 tph shuttle services were all-station stoppers, essentially Kodama services.

For forum menbers living in Japan, there will be a new episode of "Tetsudo Ookoku Monogatari (#5)", on NHK BS Premium, on Feb. 13, 9pm~10:29pm. Various topics will be covered in 90 minutes (commercial-free), but ones of particular interest personally and perhaps more on the hardcore railfan spectrum, are segments on the Alfa-x test bed trainset, nighttime track maintenance, and a visit to a turnout manufacturing facility. Might be worth a view. https://www.nhk.or.jp/info/pr/toptalk/assets/pdf/soukyoku/2021/01/005.pdf