My favorite trains are the Sotetsu 20000 series, Keio 8000 series, KiHa 40 series, and KiHa 261 series. My favorite buses include the Hino U-HU Blue Ribbon, Hino Blue Ribbon City, Mitsubishi Fuso MS8 Aero Bus, Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Queen III, Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star M, Isuzu U-LV Cubic, and the Nissan Diesel 7E with a Fuji Heavy Industries body.
Japan does not have a very favorable environment for static or dynamic preservation of railway vehicles due to legal and tax issues, and railway companies do not actively preserve them. Only a small number of vehicles can be placed in railway museums. In particular, in recent years, the dismantling of valuable vehicles stored in depots has been progressing.
旭川駅前は旭川電気軌道、道北バス、沿岸バスなど会社がやってくるのでいるだけで楽しいです。旭川電気軌道、三菱ふそうMP38エアロスター復刻塗装車や沿岸バス MS8エアロバス、道北バス 日産ディーゼル KL-UA新7E 道北バス U-HT ブルーリボンなど、かっこいい車両ばかりです。
I'm Japanese, but are the songs from the Macross series broadcast in Japanese?
Let's take a look at a railway accident that occurred 21 years ago. The Fukuchiyama Line derailment, which occurred on April 25, 2005, is the worst accident in Japan since the establishment of JR, following the Sakuragicho and Mikawashima accidents. It resulted in 107 deaths and 592 injuries. At the time of the accident, the train entered a right-hand curve section between Tsukaguchi Station and Amagasaki Station on the Fukuchiyama Line, where the speed limit is 70 km/h, at a speed of 116 km/h. The first five cars derailed, and the front three cars crashed into an apartment building. The train involved in the accident was a 7-car 207 series rapid train bound for Doshisha-mae from Takarazuka. At the same time as the accident, a 4-car 183 series "Kitakinki" No. 3 limited express train bound for Kinosaki Onsen from Shin-Osaka was approaching on the parallel tracks. Fortunately, the tracks short-circuited, causing the first block signal to change to a stop indication, and a passerby pressed the emergency button at the level crossing, preventing a double accident. The causes of the accident were the driver's speeding, a malfunction in the automatic train stop (ATS) system, and poor working conditions such as daytime training. The driver at the time overran by 72 meters at Itami Station and reported it to the conductor. He asked the conductor to report a shorter distance when reporting to the transport control center, but the conductor hung up the in-car phone to attend to passengers. The driver, feeling anxious and worried, departed 1 minute and 20 seconds late, accelerating to the maximum speed of 120 km/h, when he was late in noticing the curve and derailed. At the time, JR West had a system called "daytime training" where drivers would be retrained if they were late or made mistakes, and it is believed that the drivers were driving recklessly due to the fear of this training. Currently, the lessons learned from this accident have been put into practice, with the implementation of Automatic Train Stop (ATS), a review of the daytime training, the storage of the accident vehicle, employee training, and an annual memorial service. As a result, no major fatal accidents have occurred on Japanese railways since this incident.
If this is well-received, I'll try explaining other railway accidents as well.