100 Series Shinkansen - 100 Series Shinkansen The 100 Series Shinkansen were the second generation Shinkansen design, produced between 1984 and 1991 for the Tokaido Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen lines; the earliest units have now been withdrawn from service, and the series has been retired from the Tokaido Shinkansen line in September 2003. They differ visibly from the earlier 0 Series in that the nose profile is more pointed. Another, not so visible difference is that not all cars are powered; the driving cars on each end are unpowered, as are the two bi-level center cars in a sixteen car train. Some later production sets have powered driving cars and four unpowered bilevel trailers in the middle instead. Now being taken off first line service, 100 series sets are being.
200 Series Shinkansen - 200 Series Shinkansen The 200 Series Shinkansen trainsets were built for the second generation of Shinkansen dedicated high-speed rail lines in Japan, the Tohuku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen. They actually predate the 100 Series Shinkansen, having been built between 1980 and 1986. They resemble the earlier 0 Series Shinkansen in styling (some later units have the pointed 'shark nose' of the 100 Series), but are lighter and more powerful, since these two lines are mountain routes and have steeper gradess. These lines are also prone to snowfall and the trains have small snowplows fitted, as well as protection of equipment against snow. They were originally painted in cream with a green window band and lower carbody band, but some have now been refurbished and painted into a.
300 Series Shinkansen - 300 Series Shinkansen Shinkansen 300 Series passing through Maibara Station, April 2002 The 300 Series Shinkansen high-speed trainsets for Japan's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed railways were introduced in 1992 on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines for use on the fastest Nozomi services, being capable of 270 km/h (168 mph). As more were delivered (66 trains by 1998) they replaced earlier units on Hikari service and allowed the thus displaced 100 Series units to finally in turn displace 0 Series units in almost all service. The styling of these units is something of a 'curved wedge' at the front, replacing the aircraft-style nosecones of previous Shinkansen trains. The furthest forward point is the very bottom of the pilot. They are painted brilliant white with a medium-thick blue stripe.
400 Series Shinkansen - 400 Series Shinkansen The 400 Series Shinkansen trainsets were introduced in 1992 for Japan's newest Shinkansen high-speed rail links at the time, the Tohuku Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen lines, collectively called the 'mini Shinkansen', since they feature large portions that were not newly purpose built Shinkansen lines but rather existing lines regauged to standard gauge and upgraded, to provide a cheaper solution than a massively expensive dedicated Shinkansen line built from scratch. Clearances are much reduced compared to previous Shinkansen lines, and thus the 400 series units are much narrower than previous Shinkansen trains. Seat pitch is also reduced, which should be a warning to larger Westerners venturing to Japan! Styling wise, the 400 series is another to have an aircraft-style nose with a pointed nosecone, though.
Tokaido Shinkansen - Tokaido Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen (東海道新幹線) is the original Shinkansen line that opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. It is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Trains 3 Stations History The Tokaido Shinkansen line was originally conceptualized in 1940 as a 150 km/h dedicated railway between Tokyo and Shimonoseki, which would have been 50% faster than the fastest express train of the time. The beginning of World War II stalled the project in its early planning stages, although a few tunnels were dug that were later used in the Shinkansen route. Construction of the line began in 1959 and completed in 1964, with the first train travelling from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka on October 1 of that year. The opening.
Tanaka Kakuei - He was also the most influential member of the ruling LDP until the mid-1980's, when he fell from power after a long series of scandals. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Life 2 Rise into Politics 3 Etsuzankai 4 Tanaka's Consolidation of Power 5 Tanaka's Scandals 6 Tanaka's Fall 7 External sources Early Life Tanaka was born into a rural family with seven children in Nishiyama, Niigata Prefecture. His father was involved with a distastrous venture to start Niigata's first dairy farm, and so the family scraped by in abject poverty. Kakuei left school after the equivalent of the eighth grade and went to work in the construction business, and soon moved to Tokyo. In 1937, while running errands for a construction firm, Tanaka ran into an elevator occupied by the.
National Railway Museum - the British National Museum of Science and Industry. It contains a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 200 other items of rolling stock, together with many hundreds of thousands of other items of railway historical interest down to a lock of Robert Stephenson's hair, displayed in three large halls of a former motive power depot next to the East Coast Main Line, near York railway station. The permanent display includes "Palaces on Wheels", a collection of Royal Train coaches from Queen Victoria's early trains to those used by Queen Elizabeth II up to the 1970s. The NRM was established on its present site in 1975, when it took over the former British Railways Collection located in Clapham, and the York Railway Museum located elsewhere in the city, since when the.
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E1 Series Shinkansen - E1 Series Shinkansen The E1 Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1994, were the first double-deck trains built for Japan's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed rail lines. They are generally, along with their fellow double-deck class the E4 Series Shinkansen known by the marketing name "MAX" (Multi-Amenity eXpress). They were introduced specifically to relieve overcrowding on services used by commuters on the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen, but as of 1999 all six trainsets were transferred to the Joetsu Shinkansen. At busy times, the trains are 200% loaded (as many standing as seated)..
E2 Series Shinkansen - E2 Series Shinkansen The E2 Series Shinkansen are new trains (construction started in 1997) for Japan's Joetsu, Tohoku and Nagano Shinkansen high-speed dedicated rail lines. They are formed in 8 or 10-car sets that can be coupled together with couplers hidden behind sliding nose doors, and can also be coupled to the E3 Series Shinkansen. Their maximum speed is 275 km/h (170mph) although large stretches of the lines on which they run have lower speed limits. E2 Series units are still in production as of 2003 and are scheduled to be built until 2005..
E3 Series Shinkansen - E3 Series Shinkansen The E3 Series Shinkansen are new Japanese Shinkansen high-speed trainsets built for the opening of the new Akita Shinkansen 'mini-Shinkansen' line, converted from a regular 3'6" narrow-gauge line between Morioka and Akita. The line joins with the Tohoku Shinkansen. Like the 400 Series Shinkansen these trains are built to a smaller loading gauge to fit on the narrower clearances of the 'mini-Shinkansen'. The initial units built starting in 1997 were 5-car sets, but sixth cars were built to integrate into the existing units by the end of 1998. Production is ongoing, with 25 sets scheduled to be produced ending in 2005. Two sets have a seventh car..
E4 Series Shinkansen - E4 Series Shinkansen The E4 Series Shinkansen were the second series of bi-level Shinkansen high-speed trainsets to be built in Japan (the other being the E1 Series). They are built for commuter service on the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen lines; 25 units have been built beginning in 1997. Two eight-car sets can be coupled together for extra capacity on busy routes..
Kodama (Shinkansen) - Kodama (Shinkansen) Kodama is the slowest of the trains services running on the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen. It stops at every station along the route which it covers. Generally, you would not ride the Kodama if you wanted to go between major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka; take the Nozomi or the Hikari instead. The trains following Kodama routes are historically the slower and older ones, including the original 0 Series trains. Today 300 Series and 700 Series trains also operate as Kodama. The word kodama (木霊 or 木魂) in Japanese means "echo"..
Komachi (Shinkansen) - Komachi (Shinkansen) Komachi is the sole service running on the Akita Shinkansen, using only E3 Series trains. Between Tokyo and Morioka, it couples with a Tohoku Shinkansen train set E2 Series. After Morioka, the Komachi service continues along former narrow-gauge tracks that have been converted to standard gauge. Because it then runs on tracks that have grade crossings, its maximum speed from Morioka to Akita is 130 km/h, compared to 275 km/h on the first leg. The word komachi (小町) in Japanese means "belle" or "beauty"..
IBM Series/1 - IBM Series/1 The IBM Series/1 computer was a miniature mainframe that used Event Driven Language (EDL) to control and operate external electro-mechanical components while also allowing for primitive data storage and handling. A "technologically advanced" Series/1 operated at 50-100 MHz with 1 Megabyte of memory..
Hikari (Shinkansen) - Hikari (Shinkansen) Shinkansen 300 Series passing through Maibara Station, April 2002 Hikari is one of the train services running on the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen. It runs slower than the Nozomi but faster than the Kodama. Most Hikari services use 300 Series Shinkansen trains, although the new Hikari Rail Star service uses the 700 Series Shinkansen. The word hikari (光) in Japanese means "light"..
Katherine Heigl - did this painful chapter give Katherine a greater perspective and appreciation for life, but it has motivated her to use her celebrity status to promote the importance of organ donation. Katherine was first thrust into the limelight as a child model. An aunt, visiting the family in New Canaan, took a number of photographs of her niece, then aged 9 - in series of poses to advertise a hair care product she had invented. Upon returning to New York, with permission from Katherine's parents, she sent the photos to a number of modelling agencies. Within a few weeks Katherine had been signed to Wilhelmina, a renowned international modelling agency. Almost immediately, she made her debut in a magazine advertisement, and soon followed this with an inaugural television appearance in a national.
Vector processor - they formed the basis of most supercomputers through the 1980s and into the 1990s, but general increases in performance and processor design have since made the dedicated vector processor a thing of the past. History The first successful implementations of a vector processor appears to be the CDC Cyber 100 and the Texas Instruments Advanced Scientific Computer. The Cyber was otherwise slower than CDC's own supercomputers like the CDC 7600 (but much smaller too), but at those data related tasks they could be quite a bit faster. However the machine also took considerable time decoding the vector instruction and getting ready to run the process, so it required very specific data sets to work on before it actually sped anything up. The technique was first fully exploited in the famous Cray-1..
Key West, Florida - Porter of the United States Navy West Indies Anti-Pirate Squadron took charge of Key West, which he ruled (according to some, exceeding his authority) as military dictator under martial law. Major industries in Key West in the early 19th century included fishing, salt production, and most famously salvage. A number of the inhabitants worked salvaging ship wrecks from nearby Florida reefs, and the town was noted for the unusually high concentration of fine furniture and chandeliers which the locals used in their own homes after salvaging them from wrecks. During the American Civil War, while Florida joined the Confederate States of America, Key West remained in US hands thanks to the Naval base. In the late 19th century salt and salvage declined as industries, but Key West gained a thriving cigar.
Kefallinia - kmē (140 per sq mile). Argostoli is home to one-third of the island's habitants. Lixouri is the second major city. The two cities account for almost two-thirds of the prefecture's population. In ancient times, before it was named Cephallonia, only around 100 to 300 people lived there. When Cephallonia was founded in ancient times, the population had trebled to around 500 - 1,000 people. The population steadily grew until the 1900s, when the population reached 10,000 in the mid-20th century, and over 20,000 in the 1970s. It is covered by dense vegetation and includes plenty of natural beauty, including beaches, many of them inaccessible from land, and spectacular caves. Mirtos, the most famous of these beaches, is a major tourist attraction, and has ranked fifth worldwide for its scenic view. Its.
