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Good and bad for sure, Jer, it's kinda complicated. Personal, family, company, even country, it's all mixed in.

A pretty remarkable safety record considering the number of trains running day in and day out from morning until late at night. The Tokyo metro is really something, running both above and below ground. Pushing the envelope too in developing high speed trains. They have one in the works now...

Thanks, V. At first I was dubious of the same routine each day, I mean the need for it, but I came to see that it's all part of the big picture and when in Rome.... One catastrophe is certainly one time too much. There's a requirement to wear safety toe boots, but the ones I have are spiked...

One day we were working around a main station in a larger town, pretty much both the "supervisors" were only on the lookout and monitoring the signals. Trains passing through were frequent. The expresses don't slow down when going through a station where there is no stop, they're flying...

Stands for Japan Railroad, a huge company here that manages the railroads, I guess it's everything except for some other company owned subways in large cities. A friend of mine works for some people that JR contracts with to do arborist work along the lines and around stations, keep potential...