Hmm good attempt, but the internet is full of loopholes
Shall reveal some of the answers.
8. Morioka and Hachinohe, correct. The line's name is IGR Iwaki
Galaxy Railway (in which the short form stands for).
11. The Tadami Line, SL Ban'etsu Monogatari. October November
December 2008.
14. A little tricky question, but you got it correct. Is this in
Wikipedia too? I should avoid these questions next time haha...
15A. Hmm good, Minami-Otaru was one I missed out. I would prefer
to walk from Otaru station and taste some of the unique Udon stores
and glass-blowing experience too!
16 and 17. Good. This two are stuffs that only pre-JR (JNR) fans
know good of. An average foreigner or even a Japanese may not know.
Railway Fans however have them at the back of their palms.
24. Double deck car (5000系) is JR Shikouku, plus two immediate
cars are also their's. The three cars heading Okayama are from JR
West, numbered the 223系5000番台.
25. Correct, or another way to say is using the thousand unit
numbering series. Guess its their culture!
28. 2 hours and 34 minutes (いしづち3号, 602 --> 836, 13 en-route
stops).
29. Another tricky question.
30.2 275 kW per motor (MT500K Three-phase Squirrel Cage AC
Motor)
31. Nishi-Oyama (西大山) station.
32. Urakami (浦上) station.
34. 8620 correct. Wheel arrangement 2-6-0. Japanese
configuration 1C. By right this locomotive pre-dates the JNR era,
its a Ministry of Railway (鉄道省) vehicle.
1001: A, the Shinkansen type 1000 (新幹線1000形電車). The prototype
Shinkansen trains had 2-car and 4-car respectively, with 1001-1002
and 1003-1006 as the car numbers. They were made by several
companies including Kisha Seizo, Kawasaki Heavy, Nippon Sharyo,
Hitachi and Kinki Sharyo.
1003. ATC working allows 5 km/h buffer, and on the 5km/h mark
the brakes will apply to lower speed down to +5 km/h -10, means if
200 is my cap, I can only go to 204 km/h, and once I hit 205, I
will be brought back to 195 km/h. Sanyo Shinkansen has 300 as ATC
signal, so the fastest you can actually go to catch-up the time is
304 km/h.
1004: A5, or 105 km/h on a 10 per mil (/1000) gradient. This
value is used in planning diagrams (schedules).
1005. Another tricky one. Kagoshima station =/=Nishi Kagoshima
station (presently Kagoshima-chuo). The fastest way of going to
Tokyo from Kagoshima station in year 1993 is taking a local train,
one stop, to Nishi-Kagoshima station, change to the Tsubame Ltd Exp
to Hakata, then the Nozomi Super Express to Tokyo.
ATS one everyone got it right haha.
So I guess this concludes the quiz. Thanks for attempting or
answering.
Next year's may be more challenging!