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The EF55 class locos, aka "Moomin", has mythical status in Japan. Built by Hitachi in 1936 for Tokaido expresses, they were the poster child of wartime high-tech Japan, and could be seen in a wide array of propaganda. Basis for proposed locos for Tokyo-Peking-Singapore services. 
2/ There were two competing proposals for the Great East Asian Transversal Railway. The 1939 proposal for a "Central Asian Transversal Railway" by S. Manchuria Rly engineer Yumoto Noboru revived themes from Nishihara Kamezo's 1918 works, for a line from Tokyo to Tehran and Europe
3/ Another plan was for a line down to Singapore, or even Batavia (Jakarta). As such it would have required two tunnels, between Shimonoseki and Pusan (surfacing briefly on the Tsushima Is.) and another between Malaya and Indonesia. Needless to say, it would have been electric.
1/14 Hello, I am Priyanka Panjwani from India. I have studied Architecture at Sir J.J. College in Mumbai and Conservation of Historic Buildings at University of Bath, UK. Railway travel has been a way of life for me and I miss it immensely during the pandemic. #NTiHoR
2/14 Bombay (Mumbai since 1995) was the first city in India (Urbs Prima in Indis) that the railways were first introduced in 1853. The network of these railroads with the rest of the country led to exponential growth in the city’s trade activities and economy. #NTiHoR
3/14 The Railway Heritage of Mumbai (India) is examined by analysing the resilient built environment and evolving context of ten key railway nodes in the city. The cultural narrative is realised through shifts in historic geography, local community and urban economy. #NTiHoR
1/15 Thank you and hello! My thesis looks at the history of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR). This thread is about how an Australian-built diesel locomotive came to represent Tai Po, a town in HK. This is the loco here: #NTiHoR
2/15 My idea for this came from seeing an empty shop in a mall boarded up like this. This was in Uptown Plaza in Tai Po. Why was this image chosen? We’ll go through a quick history of the locos on the KCR, then talk about Tai Po and the rail museum, and how they're linked.#NTiHoR
3/15 The KCR was completed in 1911 and was served by British locos. After WW2, it bought War Department ‘Austerity’ 2-8-0s. They were unsafe and expensive to run, so in the ‘50s, they were replaced by General Motors G12 diesel locos built by Australia’s Clyde Engineering. #NTiHoR
1/15
How do we do history?
And who does it?
Big questions to start with! But I want us to think methods.
In this paper I'll be looking at railway history, but it applies to all 'types' of history really.
I want to make the case for collaboration & breaking barriers.
#NTiHoR
How do we do history?
And who does it?
Big questions to start with! But I want us to think methods.
In this paper I'll be looking at railway history, but it applies to all 'types' of history really.
I want to make the case for collaboration & breaking barriers.
#NTiHoR
2/15 I'm thinking from an academic & a British context - but we see hints there may be similarities elsewhere (@DrJSchramm's paper, next, is a good fit!).
We're fortunate so many people are interested in railway history - a great advantage over other topics.
#NTiHoR
We're fortunate so many people are interested in railway history - a great advantage over other topics.
#NTiHoR
3/15 There's a long & rich tradition of openness in railway history, bringing together lots of different types of researcher: amateur, enthusiast, academic, & more.
The @JTransportHist, for example, started off over 60 yrs ago as a mix of amateur & academic work.
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The @JTransportHist, for example, started off over 60 yrs ago as a mix of amateur & academic work.
#NTiHoR
