The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech its amazing how well rail systems can function when there is social expectation & funding to support that.
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@xavierdatatech What about the water jets??
@A565Autobahn @xavierdatatech I believe they are used to keep the track lines clear of accumulation. Here's a random product page for this sort of thing that describes the general use-case of keeping important part of the railway clear and shows a few different applications of the technique:
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@A565Autobahn @xavierdatatech I believe they are used to keep the track lines clear of accumulation. Here's a random product page for this sort of thing that describes the general use-case of keeping important part of the railway clear and shows a few different applications of the technique:
@A565Autobahn @xavierdatatech and since I fell partly down a little rabbit hole here, I'll also share an interesting little press release by JR Central in 2020 describing a modification to a sprinkler head to improve the performance of such a system in keeping built-up accumulation under control (the result of allowing air into the line means the water is spread more uniformly and the resulting surface is also more uniform)
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
Amazing 🤩
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@xavierdatatech Züge können bei Schnee fahren? Weiß das die Deutsche Bahn schon?..
@pawido Ich glaube @xavierdatatech wollte nur aufzaehlen was die DB alles NICHT hat
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech Meanwhile the German ICE can't run when there is ice on the tracks, because that would damage the sensitive underside....
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
The Japanese seem to practice a kind of Zen when it comes up to this train.
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech The Shinkansen has not been running at 320 km/h since 1964.
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech This brings to mind a notorious episode with British Rail in 1991, with disruption caused by the unusual (for Britain) ‘type of snow’, which the media turned into British Rail blaming ‘the wrong type of snow’: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow
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@xavierdatatech Züge können bei Schnee fahren? Weiß das die Deutsche Bahn schon?..
@pawido
Ich denke SBB und ÖBB haben ihr das schon gezeigt.
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech Well, there is the Japanese trains…And there is the others!
And I do not ever speak about the service and the people that are working for these companies.
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech Is that urea (same as used on airplanes) ? What do they do about the run-off? If urea is just left to run into nearby streams, you'll get over-fertilization and dead water-ways. If they manage the run-off, kudos to them. It's got to be pretty expensive though.
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@xavierdatatech Is that urea (same as used on airplanes) ? What do they do about the run-off? If urea is just left to run into nearby streams, you'll get over-fertilization and dead water-ways. If they manage the run-off, kudos to them. It's got to be pretty expensive though.
@hakona @xavierdatatech that's water
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech Beautiful sights and sounds. Mesmerizing, could watch all day. Thank you for sharing.
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@hakona @xavierdatatech that's water
@joykill Temperatures can't be very low then, wouldn't work in Norway. @xavierdatatech
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech Initial Shinkansen has top speed of 210 kmh at launch in 1964 (raised to 220 shortly after).
While the French TGV reached 260 in 1981 and 270 shortly thereafter, the Shinkansen would reach 270 in 1992, and 300kmh in 1997 (Nozomi trains, series 500).Does not detract on the perfect safety record of the lines and trains. But important to note that speeds have progressively been increased.
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@xavierdatatech Züge können bei Schnee fahren? Weiß das die Deutsche Bahn schon?..
@xavierdatatech Sie wusste es zumindest mal: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle_reden_vom_Wetter._Wir_nicht.
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@xavierdatatech Sie wusste es zumindest mal: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle_reden_vom_Wetter._Wir_nicht.
@wonka @xavierdatatech die meisten Fahrgäste sind bedauerlicherweise nicht in einem Pre-DB Alter. Die kennen nix anderes.
Dieser Werbespot (1966) war von der Deutschen Bundesbahn - die hat mit der 1993 gegründeten DB nix mehr gemeinsam - außer die Anfangsbuchstaben .. -
The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech it's almost as if, and this is crazy talk here, if you make a large infrastructure system a national priority and then fund it well, you CAN have nice cross continental rail travel.
Oh goodness if Amtrak or via had had this commitment we'd have Toronto to LA Hi speed rail in a day, downtown to to downtown no airport.
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The Tokaido Shinkansen continues operating in conditions that would shut down most rail systems.
**Engineering behind it:**
Advanced snow detection sensors Heated track switching systems Aerodynamic design prevents snow buildup Real-time monitoring & predictive maintenance Automated de-icing systemsSince 1964, the Shinkansen has maintained a perfect safety record while running at 320 km/h.
@xavierdatatech It’s a phenomenal thing. Spotlessly clean, loads of room inside, on time to the minute (often seconds), plus we were lucky enough to see the famous Doctor Yellow shinkansen on our very first trip! Fascinating machine.
