Sakuragichō train fire
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The Sakuragichō train fire occurred on April 24, 1951, when a 63 series Keihin Line train approaching Sakuragichō Station in Yokohama hit a loose overhead wire causing a short circuit and starting a f
The first carriage on fire
Japanese National Railways
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The Japanese National Railways, abbreviated JNR or Kokutetsu, was the government-owned entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Sakuragichō train fire
…This accident also caused the resignation of Hideo Shima, director of the railway's rolling stock department, in 1951. Shima was later employed with Japanese National Railways in 1955 to design and build Japan's first "bullet train" (Shinkansen). A monument to the accident victims was subsequently built at Sōji-ji in Tsurumi-ku…
0 series set Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo, May 1967
JNR Bus
Ukō Ferry (c. 1986)
JNR plate seen at the entrance of its headquarters in Tokyo, photo taken c. 1985