Japan's bullet train displayed at British museum

YORK, England - Andrew Scott, head of the National Railway Museum (NRM), speaks July 12 in a ceremony unveiling a bullet train donated by Japan to Britain. NRM officials said the lead car in the Series 0 Bullet Train is the first foreign locomotive to enter the museum's collection.

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