I may look out of place, but it's always nice to see the stunning Shinkansen whenever I go to York. As a kid I would sit inside and watch the video eating a snack of somekind.
Major nostalgic vibes, I used to watch this repeatedly as a boy, which my grandad (now no longer here) taped for me. I’ve looked for years on the internet to find it somewhere. One of the many reasons I became fascinated by trains. Thank you!
I left the staff of the NRM in 2000 but "Trevor, will you get control of that bloody train!" and "Ray doesn't do slow" sum up beautifully the NRM of 20-odd years ago. Sadly both Trevor and Ray have now left us, both before their time. Excellent upload.
See is ray towel still with us the last I heard of him he had a heart stack I was one of Andrew Goodman's team who took rocket to Japan in 19 98 then put it in the nrm when it came back from Japan
@@uries15 thank you so much it's so sad to hear about ray can you tell me did his lady poppy stay with him when I met ray he was always cheery ? Is Mr gibbons still with us
Thank you for uploading this program, I was hoping to see it one day as I'm the driver of the lorry that transported it from Southampton to York via Wroughton Airfield.
0:24 Awesome Behind The Scenes Look About The Japanese Bullet Train At The National Railway Museum In York In Yorkshire. Old School Times Man. Thanks Mate. X❤
How little the NRM knew !!!! I was the one who first suggested to Japan Railway Central (JRC) in the early 1990's that they might consider donating one of the original "0" series cab cars to the NRM. This suggestion was first made at the 10 yearly "Will Smith" exhibition which is held simultaneously in Britain & Japan at a multitude of venues in both countries. It is both a culture to culture and business to business exhibition. Will Smith was an English ships pilot who was washed up on the shores of Japan after the ship he was on sank. This is in the mid 1600's and at a time when all foreigners found on Japanese soil were beheaded on sight. Will Smith managed to avoid the inevitable and became an advisor to the Emperor, for his wealth of overseas knowledge. The reasoning behind having the ONLY non British built train in the NRM, is based on the fact that it was British Engineers who built the first and many subsequent railways in Japan. Richard & Robert Trevithick were the Grandsons of the man who built the first steam Railway Locomotive in 1803 in Helston Cornwall. The grandsons became the first Civil & Mechanical Engineers in Japan, in 1869. They built the first line from Tokyo to Yokohama (opened 1872) which instigated the first Government Railway, and then went on to expand the Government network. Rolling stock was all initially imported from Britain, and all initial lines were to the 3ft 6in gauge. The Trevithick's later began setting up workshops to build everything in Japan, as more than one shipload of equipment sank en route from Britain to Japan in storms ! The Bullet train cab car is therefore an official "Thankyou" to Britain for giving the Japanese Railway technology. Indeed the Japanese were well versed in the delights of British railways progress, as a large party of Japanese railway officials paid a visit in 1933, to see the then Southern Railways London to Brighton electrification. They were particularly interested in the implementation of the four aspect colour light signalling, and Track Circuit Block (TCB) system that the signalling is a part of. They were also interested in the logistical methods of operating high density traffic using TCB and its claim to allow trains at 2 minute headways. Something Tokyo already needed. Indeed the Japanese added a 5th aspect to the British signalling system, and reduced headways to 90 seconds. The busiest station in the World today is Tokyo Shinjuku with 3.2 Million passengers PER DAY, or around the same as ALL London Termini for a WEEK !!!!!! A.McD.
I think you mean William Adams, the English pilot from Gillingham, who was written about in James Clavell's epic novel Shogun. His grave is not far from where I live. Known as Anjin-san in Japanese. The Japanese bullet train, subway lines and a few private railways use the UK standard gauge, 4' 8 1/2", as opposed to the narrower and slower Japan Railways gauge of 3' 6", just a few inches less and they would be classified as narrow gauge lines! And of the 50 busiest railway stations in the world, all but 5 are located in Japan.
My cousin drove the Lorry from Southampton Docks to York - at 20.06 mins in, quick cameo. Well done Steve! He worked for the Heavy Haulage Company as a Driver, mainly between South of England and Doncaster, moving trains /carriages by road. Interesting to see the back story from Japan and the struggles to set it up here.. Got there in the end.
Very fitting that as they are in Japan and the ship carrying the Bullet Train is slowly settling sale, in the background you have the musical score from a movie that was largely set in Japan in the 80s (Black Rain starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia).
I have plans to visit Japan once they open up to tourism again, to see their Rail Museum in Kyoto, but first I definitely have to make a trip to York to check out the Shinkansen.
I absolutely loved that, thanks so much for putting this on youtube. I have been on the bullet train at York, and yep, wanted to know how it got there. :) Thanks again :)
The Shinkansen 0 series is the only Japan railway car that will remain in the history of railways in the world. The British who understand that are wonderful. Because it is a railway car that is 50 years old, even Japan people do not realize it.
2:37 “perhaps Flying Scotsman” Only a few years later, 4472 would become a part of the National Collection. This dude predicted 4472’s future like he saw it coming.
A few months ago, a Mj 7.4 earthquake occurred in Japan. During that earthquake, part of the piers on which the Shinkansen train runs was damaged. The Shinkansen train cars were also earthquake-proofed, but derailed while slowing down from a speed of 320 km/h. However, five of the 80 or so passengers suffered only minor injuries. Unfortunately, the derailed Shinkansen was scrapped, but the Shinkansen is a source of pride for the Japanese people, who put their bodies on the line to protect the crew and passengers.
Actually ever since that Earthquake, all Shinkansen services are stopped if a earthquake is detected. The drivers do not have to do anything, the computers take over and bring the trains to a stop, if the driver does attempt to stop in a tunnel (the JR engineer training prohibits engineers of Shinkansen from stopping the train in a tunnel for safety purposes), the computer does not allow him to stop the train in a tunnel, if the power goes out and the Shinkansen is in a tunnel, the train is equipped with onboard batteries that allow it to be driven out of the tunnel by the driver as well.
This was great! Low volume sadly, but great! Knowing many Japanese people including engineers, seeing the pommys smacking hammers around and seeing the utterly poor organisation and shear panic from the guy in charge. Must of made them laugh and shake their heads hahaha. Slow him down... Lol no understanding of the machine and systems. Hahaha.
I thought you were joking then I watched the video. Oh dear, you'd think the BBC would do a little more research on proper pronunciation of place names. (Foo-koo-ohka)
Britain will never achieve this because we do cut every corner to make money and screw the lowest common denominator, the customer. But total respect to the Japanese for their totally outstanding ethos and pride in their work.
We've tried HS2 but the problem is they spent so long doing consultations on it, and then when they finally start building it they neutered it by cancelling the Northern sections. Japan has the political will to understand it's expensive and to do it right the first time, proper no nonsense intercity linking on well designed dedicated tracks.
@@G1NZOU yes that’s right … the prolonged consultations all jobs for the boys… greedy bastards jumping on the bandwagon and writing their own cheques …
I’m no expert and I may have missed something, but being a different track gauge in Japan, how did they manoeuvre it along the tracks in the UK? Were different bogies attached?
According to Richard Gibbon, they had permission from Railtrack to close part of the ECML and remove any Signals and signposts which got in the way due to the width of the Bullet Train. They had to form a makeshift coupling with a Class 66 diesel locomotive so that it could be parked in a correct position so that it could be entered into the Museum on its own power
The Japanese USED to have a different track gauge, when designing and building the Bullet Train they re-laid the track be "standard gauge" in line with the UK and other countries
@@joeyed96 An amazing feat and challenge. All this work and effort goes unnoticed sadly. I hope to visit the NRM very soon. I haven’t been since the mid-90’s
@@joeyed96 unlikely many of the other historic exhibits in the museum the public have been allowed access inside the vehicle. As a result many of the internal fittings and seats have been damaged.
don't typically think of myself as a snowflake but kind of offended me that they referred to the shinkansen as Chinese engine on a number of occasions.... other then that amazing work both party's. great to know there's a shinkansen 0 series on display outside of japan.
@@Harry244ful explain 12:04 then..... is that not referring to the shinkansen? doesn't look like a steam train to me but could be misreading it. Also correct me if I'm wrong but at 3:56 the narrator says its the first foreign train to be displayed at York is the Chinese steam locomotive of UK origin or something? What about the worker at 26:37 is he talking about the Chinese locomotive as well? I assumed he was referring to the shinkansen if not its confusing to think why they included this scene with no background.
@@jacksonclark9826 The big Chinese steam loco that's on display in York was actually built in The UK then came back as a gift from The Chinese government. czcams.com/video/ylFoVJeuI5k/video.html
It's the Japanese intolerance that I simply cannot abide. Life happens, people are humans, every human an individual. And humans will always make mistakes, it's in their nature to do so and it's as certain as sunshine following rain.
Someone should have clued that geezer on Japanese etiquet - you NEVER use one hand to give/recieve gifts/business cards ! As for the railways here ? Still a disaster and way behind the Japanese in EVERY respect !
Huge respect to the Japanese for their train but I think they take things a bit too far and in doing so lose a bit of humanity and tolerance. The Japanese attitudes towards disabled and those who perhaps have mental health issues or conditions (e.g. Autism) is less than impressive.
日本の大動脈の東海道新幹線で走っていた名車0系が海外で展示されるのが日本人としては嬉しいな☺️
We British thank you for your old gift of this beautiful machine.
I may look out of place, but it's always nice to see the stunning Shinkansen whenever I go to York. As a kid I would sit inside and watch the video eating a snack of somekind.
新幹線大事にしてやって。元々何もかも教えてもらったお国で、展示してもらえて光栄です。素晴らしい
England appreciates your beautiful gift. We hope you like how we've looked after her for the past 20+ years. Arigato gozaimasu!
Major nostalgic vibes, I used to watch this repeatedly as a boy, which my grandad (now no longer here) taped for me. I’ve looked for years on the internet to find it somewhere. One of the many reasons I became fascinated by trains. Thank you!
I cant hear anything
Literally exactly the same story as me mate!
Same here, the National Railway Museum seemed better back then too. Takes me back to being a nine year old.
I left the staff of the NRM in 2000 but "Trevor, will you get control of that bloody train!" and "Ray doesn't do slow" sum up beautifully the NRM of 20-odd years ago. Sadly both Trevor and Ray have now left us, both before their time. Excellent upload.
The NRM of 20 years ago was an incredible organisation!
See is ray towel still with us the last I heard of him he had a heart stack I was one of Andrew Goodman's team who took rocket to Japan in 19 98 then put it in the nrm when it came back from Japan
@@joginns778 Ray survived the heart attack in 2012 but sadly died in 2016.
@@uries15 thank you so much it's so sad to hear about ray can you tell me did his lady poppy stay with him when I met ray he was always cheery ? Is Mr gibbons still with us
@@uries15 sir it wasn't Jo who went to Japan it was her husband jack it's jack who is using Jo tablet
Thank you for uploading this program, I was hoping to see it one day as I'm the driver of the lorry that transported it from Southampton to York via Wroughton Airfield.
0:24 Awesome Behind The Scenes Look About The Japanese Bullet Train At The National Railway Museum In York In Yorkshire. Old School Times Man. Thanks Mate. X❤
How little the NRM knew !!!! I was the one who first suggested to Japan Railway Central (JRC) in the early 1990's that they might consider donating one of the original "0" series cab cars to the NRM. This suggestion was first made at the 10 yearly "Will Smith" exhibition which is held simultaneously in Britain & Japan at a multitude of venues in both countries. It is both a culture to culture and business to business exhibition. Will Smith was an English ships pilot who was washed up on the shores of Japan after the ship he was on sank. This is in the mid 1600's and at a time when all foreigners found on Japanese soil were beheaded on sight. Will Smith managed to avoid the inevitable and became an advisor to the Emperor, for his wealth of overseas knowledge.
The reasoning behind having the ONLY non British built train in the NRM, is based on the fact that it was British Engineers who built the first and many subsequent railways in Japan. Richard & Robert Trevithick were the Grandsons of the man who built the first steam Railway Locomotive in 1803 in Helston Cornwall. The grandsons became the first Civil & Mechanical Engineers in Japan, in 1869. They built the first line from Tokyo to Yokohama (opened 1872) which instigated the first Government Railway, and then went on to expand the Government network. Rolling stock was all initially imported from Britain, and all initial lines were to the 3ft 6in gauge. The Trevithick's later began setting up workshops to build everything in Japan, as more than one shipload of equipment sank en route from Britain to Japan in storms ! The Bullet train cab car is therefore an official "Thankyou" to Britain for giving the Japanese Railway technology.
Indeed the Japanese were well versed in the delights of British railways progress, as a large party of Japanese railway officials paid a visit in 1933, to see the then Southern Railways London to Brighton electrification. They were particularly interested in the implementation of the four aspect colour light signalling, and Track Circuit Block (TCB) system that the signalling is a part of. They were also interested in the logistical methods of operating high density traffic using TCB and its claim to allow trains at 2 minute headways. Something Tokyo already needed. Indeed the Japanese added a 5th aspect to the British signalling system, and reduced headways to 90 seconds. The busiest station in the World today is Tokyo Shinjuku with 3.2 Million passengers PER DAY, or around the same as ALL London Termini for a WEEK !!!!!!
A.McD.
Very interesting
I think you mean William Adams, the English pilot from Gillingham, who was written about in James Clavell's epic novel Shogun.
His grave is not far from where I live. Known as Anjin-san in Japanese.
The Japanese bullet train, subway lines and a few private railways use the UK standard gauge, 4' 8 1/2", as opposed to the narrower and slower Japan Railways gauge of 3' 6", just a few inches less and they would be classified as narrow gauge lines!
And of the 50 busiest railway stations in the world, all but 5 are located in Japan.
My cousin drove the Lorry from Southampton Docks to York - at 20.06 mins in, quick cameo. Well done Steve! He worked for the Heavy Haulage Company as a Driver, mainly between South of England and Doncaster, moving trains /carriages by road. Interesting to see the back story from Japan and the struggles to set it up here.. Got there in the end.
Did your cousin drive for moveright international my husband worked for Andrew Goodman to he took rocket to japan 1998 for the science museum London.
Your cousin Steve does he collect diamond t American trucks if he's the steve my husband knows they worked in France together,
Very fitting that as they are in Japan and the ship carrying the Bullet Train is slowly settling sale, in the background you have the musical score from a movie that was largely set in Japan in the 80s (Black Rain starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia).
If a train is only a minute late in England, its a good day. If a train is even a minute late in Japan, hell has been unleashed on Earth.
I have plans to visit Japan once they open up to tourism again, to see their Rail Museum in Kyoto, but first I definitely have to make a trip to York to check out the Shinkansen.
Trevor is a bloody speed demon!
Serious respect for uploading this mate thank you so much!
Just loved this video, what a great example of expertise in moving this wider than usual piece of railway history.
I’m so so happy that you’ve finally managed to upload this!! I’ve been looking to watch this for years!!! 😁
It’s good isn’t it? I managed to digitise the vhs copy I had
@@duke68012 I still have the VHS copy too, what software did you use to digitise it?
ArcSoftware Showbiz
thank you for upload this video
I absolutely loved that, thanks so much for putting this on youtube. I have been on the bullet train at York, and yep, wanted to know how it got there. :) Thanks again :)
The Shinkansen 0 series is the only Japan railway car that will remain in the history of railways in the world. The British who understand that are wonderful. Because it is a railway car that is 50 years old, even Japan people do not realize it.
I've Been On The Japanese Bullet Train In Japan Back In March And April 2018. Thanks Mate. X
Thank you for the great jobs.
Japan!
So so glad this has been uploaded
2:37 “perhaps Flying Scotsman”
Only a few years later, 4472 would become a part of the National Collection. This dude predicted 4472’s future like he saw it coming.
A few months ago, a Mj 7.4 earthquake occurred in Japan. During that earthquake, part of the piers on which the Shinkansen train runs was damaged. The Shinkansen train cars were also earthquake-proofed, but derailed while slowing down from a speed of 320 km/h. However, five of the 80 or so passengers suffered only minor injuries.
Unfortunately, the derailed Shinkansen was scrapped, but the Shinkansen is a source of pride for the Japanese people, who put their bodies on the line to protect the crew and passengers.
Actually ever since that Earthquake, all Shinkansen services are stopped if a earthquake is detected. The drivers do not have to do anything, the computers take over and bring the trains to a stop, if the driver does attempt to stop in a tunnel (the JR engineer training prohibits engineers of Shinkansen from stopping the train in a tunnel for safety purposes), the computer does not allow him to stop the train in a tunnel, if the power goes out and the Shinkansen is in a tunnel, the train is equipped with onboard batteries that allow it to be driven out of the tunnel by the driver as well.
@@nikerailfanningttm9046 He is referring to some other earthquake
🚅♡0系最高
Great vedio
Inspiring, motivational, gave great ideas.
Brgds
the front of the bullet train series 0 looks like a DC-3 or DC4
The chief designer of the 0 series was an aircraft engineer during the WW2.
An Amtrak AEM 7 Electric Locomotive should be given to the UK's National Railway Museum in York and another to the Cite des Trains in Mulhouse France.
イギリスに譲渡したJR西日本は優しい
Especially this type of train inspired the 2.022 film "Bullet Train".
First Asian train in York Museum.
This was great! Low volume sadly, but great! Knowing many Japanese people including engineers, seeing the pommys smacking hammers around and seeing the utterly poor organisation and shear panic from the guy in charge. Must of made them laugh and shake their heads hahaha.
Slow him down... Lol no understanding of the machine and systems. Hahaha.
To anime fans:
At 6:40 of this documentary there was a screen to the 1st opening to the anime "One Piece".
Ah, Fu-cocoa, my favorite Japanese city. 😊
But seriously, surprisingly cool and fun documentary just about moving a train. Thanks for the treat.
I thought you were joking then I watched the video.
Oh dear, you'd think the BBC would do a little more research on proper pronunciation of place names. (Foo-koo-ohka)
Britain will never achieve this because we do cut every corner to make money and screw the lowest common denominator, the customer. But total respect to the Japanese for their totally outstanding ethos and pride in their work.
We've tried HS2 but the problem is they spent so long doing consultations on it, and then when they finally start building it they neutered it by cancelling the Northern sections.
Japan has the political will to understand it's expensive and to do it right the first time, proper no nonsense intercity linking on well designed dedicated tracks.
@@G1NZOU yes that’s right … the prolonged consultations all jobs for the boys… greedy bastards jumping on the bandwagon and writing their own cheques …
"FU-KU-O-KA" Every consonant and vowel is pronounced.
It's impossible for a Brit to pronounce, unfortunate. And if you force them, they might call their labor union and go on strike. :)
はい 宮本さん。
I’m no expert and I may have missed something, but being a different track gauge in Japan, how did they manoeuvre it along the tracks in the UK? Were different bogies attached?
According to Richard Gibbon, they had permission from Railtrack to close part of the ECML and remove any Signals and signposts which got in the way due to the width of the Bullet Train. They had to form a makeshift coupling with a Class 66 diesel locomotive so that it could be parked in a correct position so that it could be entered into the Museum on its own power
But the Shinkansen uses the same loading gauge in Britain which is 4ft 8 1/2 inch
The Japanese USED to have a different track gauge, when designing and building the Bullet Train they re-laid the track be "standard gauge" in line with the UK and other countries
@@duke68012 What a fortunate coincidence 😂 Thanks for educating me 😌
@@joeyed96 An amazing feat and challenge. All this work and effort goes unnoticed sadly. I hope to visit the NRM very soon. I haven’t been since the mid-90’s
Yep, and now we are lumbered with the disastrous HS2!
“Disastrous” is the wrong word. “Incomplete” is better
What a great video ,, Question ,, is this still in the museum ?
Cheers from John in Australia
Still exhibited in the main hall at the National Railway Museum, York
Thanks@@mattbarker581i might have to win lotto to get over there to get to see it.
Cheers from John in Australia
Shame it's been wrecked by museum visitors
@@timwebster8122 how do you mean?
@@joeyed96 unlikely many of the other historic exhibits in the museum the public have been allowed access inside the vehicle. As a result many of the internal fittings and seats have been damaged.
Is there any train in service in Britain faster than this 0 series bullet train ?
I hope somebody tells him it's a Japanese engine... Anyway, good work.
He is referring to the Chinese steam locomotive that is already at the railway and was already there prior the Shinkansen.
@@Harry244ful You're right. Sorry for my misunderstanding.
don't typically think of myself as a snowflake but kind of offended me that they referred to the shinkansen as Chinese engine on a number of occasions.... other then that amazing work both party's. great to know there's a shinkansen 0 series on display outside of japan.
He is referring to the Chinese steam locomotive that is already at the railway and was already there prior the Shinkansen.
@@Harry244ful explain 12:04 then..... is that not referring to the shinkansen? doesn't look like a steam train to me but could be misreading it. Also correct me if I'm wrong but at 3:56 the narrator says its the first foreign train to be displayed at York is the Chinese steam locomotive of UK origin or something? What about the worker at 26:37 is he talking about the Chinese locomotive as well? I assumed he was referring to the shinkansen if not its confusing to think why they included this scene with no background.
@@jacksonclark9826 The big Chinese steam loco that's on display in York was actually built in The UK then came back as a gift from The Chinese government. czcams.com/video/ylFoVJeuI5k/video.html
@@Mackeson3 that's neat thx for confirming my guess!
日本の誇り
12:07 Chinese locomotive??
At 26:40 he calls it a Chinese engine again???? Wtf kinda incompetence is that.
He’s not talking about the Shinkansen. The museum has a Chinese steam train (originally built in uk) that had to be moved to fit in the bullet train.
He is referring to the Chinese steam locomotive that is already at the railway and was already there prior the Shinkansen.
8:45 I's so stupid that he doesn't know Japanese?????
He is referring to the Chinese steam locomotive that is already at the railway and was already there prior the Shinkansen.
@@Harry244ful ahaa
Ok! Right!
26:38 Chinese engine??? o_O
He is referring to the Chinese steam locomotive that is already at the railway and was already there prior the Shinkansen.
@@Harry244ful Really? I thought they said earlier that this was the first exhibit from outside Britain. I must have missed something.
日本の鉄道は好きですか？🇯🇵
ん？がいこく？
It's the Japanese intolerance that I simply cannot abide.
Life happens, people are humans, every human an individual.
And humans will always make mistakes, it's in their nature to do so and it's as certain as sunshine following rain.
Someone should have clued that geezer on Japanese etiquet - you NEVER use one hand to give/recieve gifts/business cards ! As for the railways here ? Still a disaster and way behind the Japanese in EVERY respect !
Huge respect to the Japanese for their train but I think they take things a bit too far and in doing so lose a bit of humanity and tolerance.
The Japanese attitudes towards disabled and those who perhaps have mental health issues or conditions (e.g. Autism) is less than impressive.
They're pretty good when it comes to recognising physical health though. Just not mental health.