#late to the party :')

[merpmonde]

60 Years of the Tokaido Shinkansen!

On 1 October 1964, a railway line like no other opened. Connecting Tôkyô and Ôsaka, paralleling an existing main line, the Tôkaidô New Trunk Line had minimal curves, lots of bridges, zero level crossings. Striking white and blue electric multiple units, with noses shaped like bullets some would say, started zooming between the two cities as at the unheard-of speed of 210 km/h.

This was the start of the Shinkansen, inaugurating the age of high-speed rail.

The trains, with noses actually inspired by the aircraft of the time, originally didn't have a name, they were just "Shinkansen trains", as they couldn't mingle with other types anyway due to the difference in gauge between the Shinkansen (standard gauge, 1435 mm between rails) and the rest of the network (3'6" gauge, or 1067 mm between rails). The class would officially become the "0 Series" when new trains appeared in the 1980s, first the very similar 200 Series for the second new line, the Tôhoku Shinkansen, then the jet-age 100 Series. Yes, the 200 came first, as it was decided that trains heading North-East from Tôkyô would be given even first numbers, and trains heading West would have odd first numbers (0 is even, but never mind).

Hence the next new type to appear on the Tôkaidô Shinkansen was the 300 Series (second from left), designed by the privatised JR Tôkai to overcome some shortcomings of the line. Indeed, the curves on the Tôkaidô were still too pronounced to allow speeds to be increased, while all other new lines had been built ready for 300 km/h operations. But a revolution in train design allowed speeds to be raised from 220 km/h in the 80s to 285 km/h today, with lightweight construction (on the 300), active suspension (introduced on the 700 Series, left) and slight tilting (standard on the current N700 types).

Examples of five generations of train used on the Tôkaidô Shinkansen are preserved at JR Tôkai's museum, the SCMaglev & Railway Park, in Nagoya, with the N700 prototype lead car outdoors. It's striking to see how far high-speed train technology has come in Japan in 60 years. The network itself covers the country almost end-to-end, with a nearly continuous line from Kyûshû to Hokkaidô along the Pacific coast (no through trains at Tôkyô), and four branch lines inland and to the North coast, one of which recently got extended.

東海道新幹線、お誕生日おめでおう！

[lightningarmour]

has anyone made this joke yet

[officiallylatetotheparty]

Nobody tells someone to "f*ck off" quite like Matt Berry.

Or Thomas Selleck.

[aburdthatdraws]

This is my VERY late submission for Soriel Week Day 1: Together. When I drew this, I had a certain soriel comci in mind from the blog Sorihell, aka asksoriel on tumblr. The idea of the mailbox and Sans and Toriel being on a hill on a windy day is directly inspired from this post: tumblr_o03mx3IMtO1v347qqo1_1280.png (1000×1478) tumblr_o03mx3IMtO1v347qqo2_1280.png (1000×1000)

[i-wasnt-ready-for-this]

"𝕭𝖚𝖙 𝖒𝖆𝖒𝖆, 𝕴'𝖒 𝖎𝖓 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖆 𝖈𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖑. "

/𝕭𝖔𝖏𝖆𝖓 𝕮𝖛𝖏𝖊𝖙𝖎ć𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖓/

[alatabouleau]

Some weeks ago, I finally watched the first two seasons of Doctor Who (2005). And it was. Beautiful. So, I just wanna say, one thing I love about The Doctor with Rose is that it's not a "will they, won't they" story. Throughout these two seasons, it's pretty clear that these two are in a committed relationship. Only that this relationship transcends human categories as much as everything else they do together on their adventures. It's not fully romantic, yet not entirely platonic, either. It's something in between, something you cannot pin down, except for one thing: This relationship is vital for them. They are better together than on their own, a one-in-a-lifetime-kind of thing that happened completely by chance, yet changed both of them forever. Soulmates. I love it.

[itzholly2]

Listen guys, I know Im late to the murder drones party but is there any cake left? I love these sillies

[metallicgreenenvelopes]

Sorry Tumblr phannies it had to be done

[ego-sum-id-quod-cantum-ludere]

Also, how the heck does being born on February 29 work legally? Like if you were born 16 years ago on February 29, are you actually 4?

[mustbebunnys]

Maya & Carina, favorite scenes: s03e05 Maya & Carina's meet-cute

part: I

[jev-urisk]

🌐7 Circles🌐 An Intro Presentation

There's no such thing as being too late to a trend (is what I'm telling myself here.)

Made using Canva. Extra slide via link cuz Tumblr caps at 10 pics. Also may be better quality.

This took a really long time but I'm really happy with the results!! 😭💕 Trying to explain or summarize my story is hard and nerve-wracking but something about making a presentation clicked for me.

Tagging everyone bc I'm so so stoked about thisss ❤️‍🔥

@the-golden-comet @lychhiker-writes @katenewmanwrites @cowboybrunch @wyked-ao3 @fortunatetragedy @zackprincebooks @urbiggestfan-01 @gioiaalbanoart @scorpiothesaint @officialauthorofanotherworld @aalinaaaaaa @smellyrottentrees @marlowethelibrarian @autism-purgatory @ddgraywrites @thelaughingstag

[vmaccarena]

two days late but go be free and bring joy to everyone around, luffy!

[sillyeve]

late to the party but here’s some supernatural art 😭!!!

if you couldn’t tell already, i LOOOVE drawing wings so i decided to draw cas and dean stargazing cause ummmm!!

ALSO have y’all seen the new the boys season?? crazy ass ending

[murmew]

[soma-prime-incarnon]