Portal:Trains/Selected picture/Week 9, 2007

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A derailed Shinkansen train as a result of the Chūetsu earthquake on 2004-10-23.

The 2004 earthquake caused the only derailment of a Shinkansen while in regular service. There were no injuries reported among the train's 154 passengers.

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