JAPANESE RAILWAYS.
Streamline Locomotives Unsatisfactory. Tokio, April 4. Always eager to copy Western ideas, the Japanese recently introiuced streamline locomotives on their railways, but have now withdrawn them on the ground that they are unsatisfactory. The locomotives, 24 in all, were only imitation streamline models. The builders put a streamline shell over an old engine. The shell made inspection and repairs difficult, while enclosing the cab caused discomfort to the driver and fireman. As Japan has a narrow-gauge system on which the high speeds made possible by streamlining are impracicable, the Minister of Railways has decided to revert to the old engines.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 404, 10 April 1937, Page 2
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102JAPANESE RAILWAYS. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 404, 10 April 1937, Page 2
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