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Hideo Shima joined the Ministry of Railways (Japanese Government Railways) in 1925, where, as a rolling-stock engineer, he designed steam locomotives. Using new techniques to balance the driving wheels and new valve gear designs, he helped design Japan's first 3-cylinder locomotive - the Class C53 , which was based on the Class C52 imported ...
May 20, 2022 · Hideo Shima joined the Ministry of Railways (Japanese Government Railways) in 1925, where, as a rolling-stock engineer, he designed steam locomotives. Using new techniques to balance the driving wheels and new valve gear designs, he helped design Japan’s first 3-cylinder locomotive – the Class C53, which was based on the Class C52 imported ...
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May 20, 2017 · He got educated at Tokya Imperial University, where he studied engineering. He joined the railway ministry in the year 1925 and later worked for Japanese National Railways (JNR) where he was entrusted with the task of designing steam locomotives.
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Jul 15, 2014 · Shima and his team came up with the idea of a brand new express railway that would run on elevated, motorway-style viaducts where necessary to keep gradients as even as possible. Curves were...
Mar 26, 1998 · When Mr Shima bent his mind to constructing a fast line between Tokyo and the great industrial city of Osaka, the speed of express trains in Europe had crept up in reassuring stages to about...
During the war, the Japanese railway industry was in great difficulty, suffering severe damage from air raids and naval bombardment. There were serious shortages of materials but we tried to manufacture as much rolling stock of limited design and simple construction as possible, while giving a low priority to quality.
Mar 19, 1998 · As the top engineer at the former state-run Japanese National Railways, Shima designed the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train network. The year before the train started service between Tokyo and...
