Salute the Train

[Eisenbahn]

Last week at Narita Terminal 2 JR Station, I saw a uniformed platform attendent come to attention and salute the incoming Narita Express.  Today I posted the photo of this on the forum Gallery under Japanese Prototypes. How widespread is this practice In Tokyo ( or Japan generally) ? 

Does any other country do this anymore?  Forum members may have seen films from earlier times where trains were saluted in Germany but I have not see it done there in  modern times.

 

cheers...Eisenbahn

 

 

ps how do I post photos here with the text?

[keitaro]

It wasn't on the 11th march by any chance ?? just saying as it may have been to do with the tsunami and the minute silence.

 

Otherwise i have never noticed them salute. Though i never really pay attention to them more so the train.

[disturbman]

@Eisenbahn: copy/paste the BBC embed code in the message.

 

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[Eisenbahn]

Hi Keitaro

 

I took the photo about 8am on the way in to Tokyo probably Wednesday 14 March. Actually I saw this guy there another day and he quickly snapped off a salute to the NEX then also after handing a lost coat to a passenger.

Hi disturbman,

Thanks for copying over my photo from the gallery. I will try to copy over some others I posted on the Gallery on another topic.

 

cheers....Eisenbahn

[The_Ghan]

When I was in highschool there in 1984 every train got a salute. 

 

I just love the pride the Japanese people have.

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[bill937ca]

It depends where and when you are.

 

Crew change on the Keikyu

 

 

JR Station Master at Mikunigaoka station on the Hanwa line.

 

 

Conductor shift change.

 

[Eisenbahn]

Hi Bill937ca,

 

Excellent "salute "  videos......Eisenbahn

[Bernard]

Bill - Great videos, my favorite is the changing of the conductors......I can't imagine anything like that in on the MTA or LIRR.....if they ever did the commuters would be in shock!

[Mr Frosty]

Excellent videos - thanks.

[to2leo]

I think it is partly to do with company policy and partly for safety checking.

[The_Ghan]

I think it's one of the things that makes Japan great ... as for the female tram drivers ... hmmmm ... but I'm married !!!

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[bikkuri bahn]

When you have a trainee doing the crew change, everything is all stiff and by the book (raised voices and the like).  The regular changes are more routine.