• @threelonmusketeers
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    25 days ago

    Why would they use Shinkansen tracks for something so unaerodynamic?

    • @[email protected]
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      25 days ago

      They’re rebuilding and replacing the aging train fleet and had a bunch of ideas of how to reuse the existing tracks without scrapping them. This might be an answer to that problem.

      • @threelonmusketeers
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        25 days ago

        They’re rebuilding and replacing the aging train fleet and had a bunch of ideas of how to reuse the existing tracks

        Ah, makes sense. I was not aware of that.