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00:00Megaton, Megaton, Megaton, Megaton, Megaton!
00:30On the other hand, the snow makes it easy to slide and make it difficult to drive.
00:37This time, we will introduce a rare vehicle that works to drive the railroad safely in such a harsh environment.
00:47Wow, it's snowing!
00:48It's snowing!
00:49It's snowing!
00:50It's snowing!
00:51It's snowing!
00:52It's snowing!
00:53It's snowing!
00:54It's snowing!
00:55It's snowing!
00:56The Russell train.
00:58It was built in the 4th year of the Showa Era and is still in use.
01:02Fujita announcers get close to the snow-covered men's driving.
01:09It feels like this vehicle is breathing with its whole body.
01:15This Megaton is the science of the railroad that faces the snow, which is essential for winter railroads.
01:24It feels good.
01:25It was a nice drive.
01:26It was a nice drive.
01:27It was a nice drive.
01:28It was a winter railroad.
01:29It was nice.
01:30We have another man in a good mood.
01:32We have another man in a good mood.
01:33It's snowing a lot this year.
01:35It's snowing a lot this year.
01:36What is he doing?
01:38It's snowing on the chair.
01:39It's snowing on the chair.
01:40Hello.
01:41Hello.
01:42Hello.
01:43Hello.
01:44Welcome to Megaton Station.
01:45Megaton Station is not a station where we bring such a set.
01:48This time, to introduce you to the railways that face the snow, we have made this home for winter.
01:55He's smiling.
01:57He's so happy.
01:59I see.
02:00He's overflowing with happiness.
02:02So, this time, we are at the Konan Railway in Aomori Prefecture.
02:07Please take a look here.
02:09On the coast, there are apple orchards like this, so you can enjoy the scenery that is typical of Aomori.
02:15The camera angle is good, isn't it?
02:18It's wonderful, isn't it?
02:19It's good.
02:20When it snows on this railway line...
02:25Ah!
02:26Huh?
02:27It's snowing.
02:28What kind of production is this?
02:30First of all,
02:31I came to ask in detail what kind of influence snow has on railways.
02:40I came to Konan Railway in Aomori Prefecture.
02:44This railway line connecting Hirosaki Station to Kuroishi Station plays an important role as a means of transportation in the area.
02:53Now, the train to Kuroishi has arrived.
02:57This is good.
03:00It's a steam train.
03:01It's a train that used to run in Hibiya Prefecture.
03:05And this is the train that used to run in Tokyo.
03:08Now, I came to Hirosaki Prefecture in Aomori Prefecture, and I'm working in this snow.
03:15Actually, this train was originally given to Tokyo Electric Railway.
03:21It's cool, isn't it?
03:24Push the switch and get on the train.
03:26Good morning.
03:27Push the switch.
03:30Nothing has changed.
03:32Nothing has changed.
03:34Look at Shibuya.
03:36Shibuya 109.
03:39Look at this.
03:40The interior is still the same.
03:42Tokyu Hyakka Ten.
03:44That's right.
03:45Tokyu Okonomi Shokudo.
03:47Tokyu Okonomi Shokudo.
03:48It's a train that has been in Shibuya eight times.
03:52The seats and interior are still the same.
03:55It's a precious train.
03:59It makes me feel like I'm back in my childhood.
04:07It's nice.
04:12It's nice.
04:13It's a fan.
04:21Departure.
04:25I don't want to disturb the sound.
04:27That's right.
04:37I don't know why the train that was running in Kanto is running normally.
04:48Why can the train run smoothly in the snow?
04:54Masaki Ihara, the head of the Konan Railway, guided us.
04:59What did he show us?
05:01I'm wearing a snow plow.
05:04This is it.
05:08The snow plow was attached to the bottom of the train.
05:15It is attached to the front of the train and pushes the snow on the track to the left and right while running.
05:21However.
05:22There are times when it snows like this in the middle of the night.
05:25Then you can run while cutting the snow a little.
05:31But if it snows, it gets stuck and you can't run.
05:39Why does snow have a negative effect on the railroad?
05:44We asked Professor Takefumi Minamoto, who studies mechanical mechanics of railroad vehicles.
05:49When the snow is getting higher and higher, the vehicle itself has to run against the snow.
05:56As a result, the driving resistance becomes very large and it becomes difficult to run.
06:02The driving resistance is the force that hinders the progress of the railroad.
06:08The resistance is caused by the gravity due to the slope and the friction of the wheels.
06:16If the driving resistance is large, more energy is required to move the vehicle.
06:24Then, how much driving resistance will occur when the snow piles up?
06:30Here is an experiment.
06:32We prepared a model of a railroad rail and a model of a railroad car.
06:38We measure how much force is required when pulling with a string.
06:44First, let's pull it as it is.
06:54If it moves, it doesn't need much force. It's light.
07:00To make it move, we measure the value on the way.
07:05The force required to pull is about 3N.
07:09Next, let's pull the railroad car in the same way, with the snow piled up 1.2 cm on the rail.
07:18Let's pull it.
07:20It's quite strong.
07:22It doesn't move.
07:24It moved.
07:28Snow is heavy.
07:32It's 12N.
07:35The force required to pull snow is about 12N.
07:42It's 9N.
07:45The resistance due to snow has increased.
07:48The force required to pull snow is like a bridge.
07:52It's hard to move forward.
07:54When the wheels roll, you have to step on the snow.
07:59It takes a lot of force to step on the snow.
08:04It's heavy.
08:06Next, the railroad car and the railway car.
08:11If something gets stuck between the car and the rail,
08:14or if water or snow gets stuck,
08:17it's easy to slip, so it's hard to run.
08:22The railroad car uses rails and wheels made of iron to move the car, which weighs tens of tons, efficiently.
08:31The railroad car supports the car with the contact area of a tire,
08:37but the railroad car supports the car with the contact area of a wheel, which weighs more than 4 tons.
08:46However, if a grain of snow or mud gets stuck between the small contact area,
08:53it's easy to be affected.
09:01In this way, it's easy to slip.
09:06It's the beginning of the year, and it's still snowing.
09:09It's snowing so much.
09:11Yes, it's snowing, and it's snowing.
09:16This year, Hirosaki City recorded 126 cm of the latest snow in January.
09:24The snow, which requires a lot of energy to run and makes it easy to slip,
09:29was particularly troublesome for the railroad.
09:33There was a lot of snow this year.
09:36Of course, we can't run the railroad as usual, so we have to work hard.
09:41We have the ability to move with the same tires as in the summer,
09:45so I felt that it was amazing to run the railroad as usual.
09:48As you saw earlier, there is a slightly unusual vehicle on the Konan Railway.
09:55This vehicle is the Tsugaru Togimegugo.
09:59When you get inside, there is a tatami mat in the car,
10:04and you can enjoy a two-hour train trip while eating and drinking here.
10:11In the winter, you can enjoy a warm kenoshiru, a local dish of Tsugaru, with a bento.
10:20This is it.
10:24I'm glad to eat something like that on my favorite train.
10:27It's true. I can feel it.
10:29There is such a train.
10:31I'm doing karaoke over there.
10:33The scenery doesn't matter.
10:35It's more fun than that.
10:37That's true.
10:39After this, let's take a closer look at the rare vehicles that are active when it snows.
10:46It's coming. It's coming.
10:49To the left and to the right.
10:51Wow, it's snowing.
10:53It's snowing.
10:55Wow, it's amazing.
10:59This is the famous Konan Railway Russell.
11:03Let's take a closer look.
11:08It's so cool.
11:12It looks like it has a strong expression.
11:17It's so high that I can look up.
11:20It's so high that I can bend my neck backwards.
11:26The Russell is a 4-meter-high and 11-meter-long train that is only used for decommissioning.
11:33Wow.
11:35Wait a minute.
11:37It says the Railway Award at the factory.
11:40It says the Railway Award.
11:42Wow.
11:44It's still running at full capacity.
11:47It's 96 years old and running at full capacity.
11:50This Russell was built in the 4th year of the Showa Era when the Railway Award was still in force.
11:57If the snow is deep, it can't be used for snowplowing.
12:02So, they push the huge decommissioning board into the snow and separate the snow from the outside of the rail.
12:10Between the rail and the rail, it's called the locomotive.
12:13They change between the locomotive at this flanger.
12:18A track comes out.
12:20I see.
12:22Then the train is easier to run.
12:24If you lower this flanger...
12:27Wow.
12:29This part doesn't change much.
12:32But this board moved to the lower side of the rail.
12:38That's right.
12:40The flanger on the lower side of the rail is used to dig out the snow in the track.
12:46Wow. It's pretty fast.
12:48It's a wisdom that was thought of 100 years ago.
12:51It's beautiful.
12:53And there is another important part.
12:57This is the wing.
13:00The wing is installed on the side of the locomotive and opens about 50 cm to the outside.
13:09It's a device to push the snow to the side of the track.
13:14When you speed up, the snow gets on this part.
13:19Wow.
13:21Then the snow flies away.
13:24There was a time when it snowed up to the window.
13:27The window over there?
13:29Yes.
13:31There was a time when it snowed up to the window.
13:38Wow.
13:40Even so, the locomotive and the train push the snow.
13:45That's how powerful and heavy it is.
13:48This electric locomotive was born 12 years earlier than the train.
13:54Originally, it was a locomotive that pulled cargo.
13:57This electric locomotive pushes 29 tons of snow.
14:03When there is a gap between the rails, there is no place to let the snow go.
14:08It leads to deflation.
14:10The Russell locomotive is a simple and reasonable shape that can effectively eject snow.
14:17Now, we can see the inside of the Russell locomotive.
14:21Excuse me.
14:23The body is also made of wood.
14:25Yes.
14:27The ceiling is low, so be careful.
14:29What is this?
14:30This is a piston for the wing.
14:34A piston?
14:36An air tank is installed on the roof of the locomotive.
14:39The Russell locomotive's wing and flanger move with the pressure of the air.
14:46In winter, it's cold, so we use a thermal stove to cool it down.
14:50Without this, we can't operate it.
14:52We can't operate it.
14:56The coal is not thrown away like SL locomotives.
15:00I usually throw it away, but today I want to make it elegant.
15:06I want to make sure.
15:11It's completely different.
15:13This coal burns until it turns red.
15:16Without this, I can't operate it because it's cold.
15:22And this time, we will experience the operation of the Russell locomotive.
15:31This is the flanger.
15:34We operate the flanger.
15:40It goes down with this.
15:43Can I go all the way down?
15:44Yes.
15:47It takes a lot of force.
15:48It takes a lot of force.
15:53Oh.
15:55I'll open it.
15:58Wow, it's amazing.
15:59The power.
16:01It's like lifting a 10kg dumbbell.
16:05Next is the wing operation.
16:07This is also heavy.
16:11Oh.
16:14Now it's open.
16:22Wow.
16:27It's like this body is breathing with its whole body.
16:31It's like taking a deep breath.
16:34Wow, it sounds cool.
16:37And next to the lever, there is an interesting display.
16:42This is a display that shows how to operate the flanger, the wing, and the bridge to avoid collision.
16:52The operation of closing the left wing or closing both wings is like a rhythm action game.
17:01We can't see this anymore.
17:04We've already gotten used to it.
17:10We've seen in front of us what the operation of the flanger is like.
17:16Oh.
17:18There is a lot of vibration.
17:22It feels like it's crushing the snow.
17:25We can see the rail surface because the train has passed in advance.
17:29We're going to run to separate the snow between the rail we can see now and the snow on the side.
17:36The person standing on the right side is in charge of the operation of the flanger and the right wing.
17:41The person standing on the left side is in charge of the operation of the left wing.
17:44The person standing on the left side is in charge of the operation of the left wing.
17:51The communication is important because the driver can't see the front of the train hidden by the train.
17:59We're passing under the bridge.
18:03Go ahead.
18:07The train is communicating with the train engine behind the train.
18:14As we can't see the train on the train, we can communicate with the train engine on the railway.
18:26The train is approaching.
18:27The right wing is now closed.
18:33We can now see the platform of the station.
18:35We are now passing the station.
18:37Once we pass the station, we will be able to open the right wing again.
18:43We have just passed the station.
18:47We have now opened the right wing.
18:52This is an exquisite pyramid race.
18:57In order to avoid collisions, the wing is closed at the platform,
19:01and the flanger is raised at the crossing.
19:08We will now enter the track where the snow has piled up.
19:13On the left side is the track after the Russell car passed.
19:18Looking at the track, it is obvious that the Russell car has passed.
19:25The Russell car jumps into the piled up snow without hesitation.
19:32Thanks to the Russell car, the train was able to run safely in the snowy area.
19:41The snow is scattered.
19:45I was very excited.
19:48It's amazing that you can do all of this.
19:50I can't do it.
19:53It's amazing that you've been active since the 4th year of Showa.
19:56It's amazing.
19:58It's simple, so it won't break.
20:00Everything is analog.
20:02It's analog because people are doing it.
20:04The back is amazing.
20:07It's been moving all the time.
20:09It's hard to maintain.
20:12It can still move.
20:14It's amazing.
20:16It's amazing.
20:18Isn't it moving faster than before?
20:21Did you feel it?
20:23The wind is blowing in the snowy area.
20:26After this, we will transform the Russell car to be active in the snowy area.
20:33This is the latest car, the Big Lomo, which was manufactured in 2000.
20:43It has 1,000 horsepower.
20:45It has a multifunctional snow removal device.
20:51If there is little snow, the Russell car can run at high speed.
20:55The snow is scattered about 2 to 5 meters along the track.
21:03It is active in the Kitakami Line of JR East Japan, which crosses the O-U mountain range, where the depth of snow is over 2 meters.
21:14However, in the snowy area, the repeated snow accumulates high and becomes a wall.
21:20Even if it is written on the left and right, the snow may come back to the track.
21:26In the Russell snow removal device, the snow accumulates on the side of the track.
21:30If there is a lot of snow, the snow will be blown away.
21:36You don't have to worry about that.
21:38In fact, this car can be transformed into a rotary form.
21:42What is it?
21:46It has changed.
21:48If there is a lot of snow, the snow will be taken in by this gear.
21:52The snow can be blown away up to 40 meters.
21:56It can be taken in and blown away.
22:00You can also switch the work content on the way.
22:03It is a vehicle that can respond quickly depending on the situation on the track.
22:07That's great.
22:09It is thanks to the snow removal vehicle that visitors can enjoy the beautiful winter scenery.
22:19That's great.
22:21If there is a lot of snow, the snow can be transformed into a rotary form.
22:24It can be taken in and blown away.
22:27That's great.
22:29You wanted to get on this car, didn't you?
22:31I wanted to get on this car.
22:33Mr. Tokoro, I wrote a sketchbook according to the example.
22:37Here it is.
22:39It is in the middle of the Russell car.
22:42Here it is.
22:44This is a place where there is a branching machine and a point.
22:47It is written with a scope and snow.
22:50It seems to write everything in the foreground.
22:52Then you can see where the points are.
22:56If it hits here, it will damage the entire track.
22:59That's right.
23:00If you can see it with your eyes, you can go to the last minute.
23:03That's right.
23:04You can do it with one hand.
23:05That's right.
23:06That's what it is.
23:07I felt that it was the strongest hand.
23:09That's right.
23:10The train is running in the forest.
23:12It's beautiful.
23:13Those people are active, so they run well.
23:16Thank you very much.
23:17Thank you very much.
23:19What's next?
23:20Next time, Mr. Kyokyo will challenge the shooting of wild animals in winter Hokkaido.
23:25He will go around Kushiro Shitsugen, Akanko, and Shiretoko Peninsula.
23:29He will use a camera to take a precious picture.
23:33In addition, he will do a snow camp and aim for the appearance of an animal as it is.
23:37It is possible to take a miraculous picture.
23:39Please look forward to it.
23:40Please look forward to it.