National Railway Museum, York, UK
Aug 10, 2018 10:58:58 #
We visited in July 2013 during “The Great Gathering,” a display of the Mallards. As a train fan, let me say this museum is magnificent. We spent the better part of a day there and wished we’d scheduled more time. As a photographer, I was only beginning to understand digital after years of shooting film, so photos were taken RAW. The only camera we had at the time was Canon Powershot G-15, a delightful little camera and very capable under most circumstances. But, had we owned our Nikon D5300 for this trip, we’d have damn sure taken it. Finally, we learned only later that the museum had a special “photographers’ day for “The Great Gathering” — extra charge with limited numbers allowed in. It’s something I look for now in planning trips, although it doesn’t always work out.
Aug 10, 2018 12:54:11 #
Aug 11, 2018 12:26:12 #
erickter
Loc: Dallas,TX
The last pic shows the first Shinkansen Bullet Train that operates in Japan. I rode that train in 1967 as a young teen. I have a Tenshodo HO scale model railroad of that exact engine that still operates to this day. The Shinkansen means "main trunk line" and was only 3 years old in 1967 when My dad and I rode on it. It was the world's first high speed train, clocking in at 125 mph.
The QC record for that and all subsequent Japanese bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka are incredible. No accidents or derailments in over 50 years. Something American management and Amtrak have yet to achieve.
The QC record for that and all subsequent Japanese bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka are incredible. No accidents or derailments in over 50 years. Something American management and Amtrak have yet to achieve.
Aug 12, 2018 16:33:16 #
Aug 12, 2018 18:02:26 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
very good.....you guys had some neat looking trains....
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