I haven't looked it up but I would bet you it's due to fatigue limits. They probably use aluminum a lot which always fatigues no matter how light the stress (a bit like me tbh...) so anything made from aluminum gets retired after a set time period.
The same is true for jets. Each flight expands and contracts the airframe since it's a pressure vessel, and the wings can deflect a large amount too.
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morysal@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 99d
Japan somehow managed to turn a bullet train into an emotional support mascot and honestly the world feels slightly less fun now that it’s ending.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 15 pts · 99d
No worries! It's far from the only fun train in Japan.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 99d
Japan has a mascot for almost anything, there's more than enough to fill that hole in your life.
M33@piefed.world · 24 pts · 99d
Goodbye Kitty
Maybe next train will be painted as a giant tentacle 🐙 🤷♂️
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 98d
or evangelion.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 98d
Yeah, they did do that one :)
partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
I can see the advertising campaign for that one already: "Get on the fucking train, Shinji"
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
make it purple and call it the purple people eater.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 99d
systemglitch@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 99d
8 years doesn't sound like a healthy life span for a train. What's the flaw?
Aedis@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 99d
The actual train is >30 years old, it was only painted like that 8 years ago. (Probably repainted a couple of times too lol)
iocase@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 96d
I haven't looked it up but I would bet you it's due to fatigue limits. They probably use aluminum a lot which always fatigues no matter how light the stress (a bit like me tbh...) so anything made from aluminum gets retired after a set time period.
The same is true for jets. Each flight expands and contracts the airframe since it's a pressure vessel, and the wings can deflect a large amount too.
setsubyou@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 99d
The 500 series Shinkansen trains were built in the 90ies so it would be more like 30 years.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 98d
500 series is absolutely the best looking, in my humble not-really-train-person opinion.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 98d
It has spent 8 years in the Hello Kitty wrap, but entered service in 1996.
AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 99d
🚂🚃🚃🚃
Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de · 2 pts · 99d
o7
jlow@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 99d