kiha40 wrote:Thomas,I read this in a site about the shinkansen system. But actually dont remeber the link...- I have read that the Jpaanese experimented with fast trains in Korea and Mandshukuo. One part of these experiments was the express-train Ajia from 1934 between Dalian and Changchun. The chinese streamlined steam-locos classes SL7 and SL8 are from these experiments...
I'd sure be interested in reading more information about that, either technical or historical. Any links?
Thanks!
Pics: SL7: http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/noz/zh2/esl751.html (There exist also a better preserved one - the SL757)
SL8: http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/noz/zh2/esl851.html (Differently than there indicated the SL8 are from 1937 and not from 1912!)
As result of the studies and experiments, the JNR began the building of a high-speed line Tokyo - Osaka in September 1940.
The buildings carried out at that time were later integrated into the Shinkansen-line of 1964. So several tunnels on the present-day Shinkansen date to the war-era project.
Until 1940 was expropriated nearly all properties which were needed later for the line of 1964.