Original shinkansen front car to be displayed at Kyoto museum

Original shinkansen front car to be displayed at Kyoto museum

KYOTO, July 1 Kyodo - Photo taken July 1, 2015, in Kyoto shows one of the original front cars of the shinkansen bullet train, being towed on a trailer, heading to the Kyoto Railway Museum for exhibition. The first front cars, nicknamed "button nose," were operated from 1964 to 2008. The museum will open in the spring of 2016.

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