Could you believe people were travelling at a speed of 285 km/h (177 mph) 60 years ago?
EDIT: I made a mistake! The maximum speed of 285 km/h belongs to the modern trains which are used today. The first generation of Shinkansen reached 210 km/h (130 mph) instead, which is still very fast but not as crazy as I first thought.
To avoid confusion, the first Shinkansen line is the Tokaido Branch. The first Shinkansen train was the 0 Series:
Which is one of the most visually iconic trains ever made. This beast stayed in service until 2008.
Beautiful
Basically a plane cockpit plugged into a train, if I remmeber correctly that was the inspiration of the first generation and later it was diving bird beak profiles to improve tunnel issues…