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Kashikodokoro Riding Car
The Kashikodokoro Riding Car (賢所乗御車, かしこどころじょうぎょしゃ) is a Passenger railroad car, passenger car manufactured by the Ministry of Railways (Japan), Japanese Ministry of Railways for the transportation of the sacred mirror, ''Yata no Kagami'' in 1915. Background The sacred mirror, ''Yata no Kagami'' is one of the Imperial Regalia of Japan, Three Sacred Treasures in Japan. During the Enthronement of the Japanese emperor, the emperor must perform several ceremonies in front of this mirror. When the Meiji Emperor ascended to the throne and lived in Kyoto, there was no need to transport the sacred mirror over long distances. When the Emperor moved from Kyoto to Tokyo, there was still no railroad connecting Kyoto and Tokyo, so the sacred mirror was carried by hand along with other sacred objects. Later, when Emperor Meiji died on July 30, 1912, the accession ceremony of Emperor Taisho, who succeeded to the throne, was to take place at the Kyoto Imper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacuum Brake
The vacuum brake is a brake, braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s. A variant, the automatic vacuum brake system, became almost universal in British train equipment and in countries influenced by British practice. Vacuum brakes also enjoyed a brief period of adoption in the United States, primarily on narrow-gauge railroads. Their limitations caused them to be progressively superseded by Railway air brake, compressed air systems starting in the United Kingdom from the 1970s onward. The vacuum brake system is now obsolete; it is not in large-scale usage anywhere in the world, other than in South Africa, largely supplanted by railway air brake, air brakes. Introduction In the earliest days of railways, trains were slowed or stopped by the application of manually applied brakes on the locomotive and in brake vehicles through the train, and later by steam power brakes on locomotives. This was clearly unsatisfactory, given the slow and unreliable response ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
