Is This The World’s Best Looking Train With An End Gangway Connection?

[MarkyT]

Not on the similar Thunderbirds. Don't forget they have a much larger loading gauge than us- (14ft 8 maximum height) so there is plenty of height to play with.

You may be thinking of the Shinkansen gauge. I understand their conventional lines to have a maximum height of 4100mm which is close to 13ft 6in and very near typical UK dimensions.

A Japanese diagram:

https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/車両限界#/media/ファイル:Rolling-Stock-Gauge-in-Japan.svg

Blue: older NG lines
Grey: newer NG lines
Green: Shinkansen

 

[fowler9]

They're not the tallest people you know!-

In all seriousness no normal height Westerner can fit in the drivers seat of the series 1 & 2 Shinkansen. Trust me I tried. The same was also the case in some very early Japanese cars.

Yeah fair play. Ha ha.

Not on the similar Thunderbirds. Don't forget they have a much larger loading gauge than us- (14ft 8 maximum height) so there is plenty of height to play with.

Good point.

 

[Three-Nine]

The Japanese trains with "cockpits" on top have always been my favourite types! They always look oddly futuristic to me. Heres an image of a Yakumo Limited Express at Okayama station in 2016, formed of 381 series rolling stock.

 

[class387]

The Japanese trains with "cockpits" on top have always been my favourite types! They always look oddly futuristic to me. Heres an image of a Yakumo Limited Express at Okayama station in 2016, formed of 381 series rolling stock.

I prefer these:

 

[MarkyT]

These 'cockpit' units remind me of the Italian ETR300 series as used on the famous Settebello expresses between Milan and Rome. These had what looks remarkably like a deltic cab perched on the roof above a forward observation lounge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FS_Class_ETR_300

 

[Cowley]

These 'cockpit' units remind me of the Italian ETR300 series as used on the famous Settebello expresses between Milan and Rome. These had what looks remarkably like a deltic cab perched on the roof above a forward observation lounge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FS_Class_ETR_300

Awesome. It really does look like a Deltic cab.

 

[Cowley]

I prefer these:

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That’s an amazing looking thing. It’s got something of the LNER Beavertail about it...