Great Video, JNR 1957

[Jcarlton]

This is a great JNR video from 1957. Lot's trains and operations:

[cteno4]

Great, thanks!

 

Jeff

[bikkuri bahn]

1957 was an exciting time to be an observer of the railway scene- so much anticipation of future developments- there is mention made of "plans" to introduce modern long distance EMU stock- this of course being the "Kodama" type 151 series.

 

Other interesting bits:

-the Chuo Line was already running at 2 min. peak headways with 10 car trains

-at 16:12, scenes of the first AC electrified line in Japan, the Senzan Line in Miyagi Pref.

-the Tokaido Line from Tokyo south had 10 and 15 car trains on outer suburban services (as they still do now), the Shonan Densha, realizing the benefits of emu operation

 

-Tokyo Station saw many very long distance trains depart in mid-day- the film focuses (at 3:00) on a 10am departure from platform 15- the express "Aso", a loco-hauled service bound for Kumamoto, via the Chikuho Line (thus bypassing Hakata at the junction at Orio and going through the coal mining region centered around Nogata).

[westfalen]

I've ridden the Chikuho Line on a couple of my recent trips, it's hard to imagine today that the line once hosted a through train from Tokyo.

[miyakoji]

Check out that scene at Ochanomizu around 1:37! If you imagine it in color it's not all that different.

[Mudkip Orange]

How many notches are in the throttle on that express train?

 

Awesome.

[miyakoji]

How many notches are in the throttle on that express train?

 

Awesome.

Yeah, I noticed that too. Somewhere I read that before traction control, electric locomotives had much finer gradations on the throttle (or whatever it is). Anyone know what the purpose is of the large gaps?

[westfalen]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Somewhere I read that before traction control, electric locomotives had much finer gradations on the throttle (or whatever it is). Anyone know what the purpose is of the large gaps?

Could be to transition between series and parallel feed to the traction motors like shifting gears on a car.

 

I did notice that he keeps it in the last notch quite a bit.

 

Something in me would rather travel from Tokyo to Kumamoto on that train rather than a couple of 700 series Shinkansen.