04-07-2016, 08:37 AM
I guess I should rephrase that: It's not that I'm "not a foodie", it's just that I hate eating. There's so much else I'd rather be doing... like riding more trains!
Here are a couple of shots from my visit to the Yamanashi Maglev Test Centre.
Here's the little local train that goes down to the village that the test centre is in:
I climbed partway up a nearby mountain/hill for this vantage point; watching the test runs from up here was great:
I also enjoyed seeing all the specialized maintenance vehicles. They must put a lot of mileage on these; even though the test train ("L0") takes just a few minutes to run the whole 42 km line, it would take this truck at least an hour to get to the other end!
Here are a couple of shots from my visit to the Yamanashi Maglev Test Centre.
Here's the little local train that goes down to the village that the test centre is in:
I climbed partway up a nearby mountain/hill for this vantage point; watching the test runs from up here was great:
I also enjoyed seeing all the specialized maintenance vehicles. They must put a lot of mileage on these; even though the test train ("L0") takes just a few minutes to run the whole 42 km line, it would take this truck at least an hour to get to the other end!