More Mainline Steam In Japan By Railfan Demand

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wallyworld

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More Mainline Steam In Japan By Railfan Demand

Posted by wallyworld on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:32 PM

"We'd like railway fans and children across Japan to enjoy steam locomotives, which we could say are cultural assets," said a JR East official."

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090207p2a00m0na026000c.html

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

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tomikawaTT

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:54 PM

Happily for all concerned, there are a LOT of stuffed and mounted steam locomotives in Japan. Also, if you say railfan in that country you have just described something over half the population - most of whom commute to school or work or travel to shop by rail.

At least JR-East has a realistic idea of the cost of bringing a display locomotive to operational status.

Chuck