{"id":708,"date":"2008-01-30T00:17:59","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T15:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-01-30\/708"},"modified":"2008-01-30T00:17:59","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T15:17:59","slug":"inside-the-bullet-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-01-30\/708","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Bullet Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 26mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/3.2, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nType 700 Bullet Train Prepares to Leave Kyoto<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Japan's Bullet Trains – shinkansen<\/a><\/i> –\nare justifiably world famous for their speed and amazing punctuality. I've\nhad occasion to ride them several times in the last month or so, once to visit a\nfriend<\/span><\/a>, and twice for concerts<\/a>, so I thought<\/span> I'd share a few<\/span> images, mostly\nof the (rather unremarkable) view inside.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 26mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 250 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nView from Car #14, Seat 5A<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The model of train shown in these pictures a “Type 700”, which is the\nmost recent model, but old enough that Anthony already has a toy<\/span> version\n(the solid yellow one seen in the Playrail Train Set<\/a> post\nearlier this month). Even better, Anthony's is a “Dr. Yellow<\/a>” Type 700; The\n“Dr Yellow” trains are the passenger-less testing\/diagnostic trains that run\nthe tracks a few<\/span> times each month.<\/p>\n\n

There must be a hundred individual trains, in a dozen<\/span> or so different\nmodels, on the tracks at any one time. Most have 16 very long cars, meaning\nthat the entire train is about a quarter<\/span> mile long (although it feels\nmuch<\/i> longer when you see one pull out of the station, because it\nseems to never end).<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/5, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nLegroom is Generous<\/span>\n– perfect for a snooze or some light reading –\n<\/div>\n\n

The ride is utterly, perfectly, smooth, except for a slight<\/span> jolt when\ntwo trains pass each other. When a train<\/span> going one direction at 270kph\npasses another going the same speed, their bow waves hit at about 340 miles\nan hour, which is bound to give each car a bit<\/span> of a sideways<\/span> jolt.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 17mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f\/4.5, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nAppointed Rounds<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

You can walk the entire length of the train if you've got the energy.\nThere are food cars, phones, vending machines, and even little smoking\nrooms for the poor slob who gets stuck in a non<\/span>-smoking car and can't\nsurvive a whole<\/span> two hours without his cancer stick.<\/p>\n\n

There are, of course, bathrooms no more than a car<\/span> or two away.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 17mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>20 sec, f\/4.5, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nEnd-of-Car Bathroom Area<\/span>\nvanities on the left, bathrooms on the right\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japan's Bullet Trains – shinkansen – are justifiably world famous for their speed and amazing punctuality. I've had occasion to ride them several times in the last month or so, once to visit a friend, and twice for concerts, so I thought I'd share a few images, mostly of the (rather unremarkable) view inside.<\/p>

The model of train shown in these pictures a \"Type 700\", which is the most recent model, but old enough that Anthony already has a toy version (the solid yellow one seen in the Playrail Train Set post earlier this month). Even better, Anthony's is a [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}