Short Piece on a Japanese Train Driver

[Galant]

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20.../#.XJNJYKBKhPZ

"Ask any group of children in Japan what they want to be when they grow up and one answer in particular is sure to feature.

“The first time I thought about becoming a train driver was when I was a fourth-grade elementary school student,” said 31-year-old Yuko Hatakeyama, who went on to make his dream a reality by becoming a driver on Tokyo’s busiest and most important train route, the Yamanote Line.

“It was my first time on a shinkansen that did it for me,” he said. “I liked fast things, and I had never been on anything as fast as a shinkansen before. I thought it was so cool.”..."


Whole story is worth a read.

[TooNice]

There is actually an arcade game in Japan based on driving trains:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/cul...ain-simulator/

I also wonder how much Japanese train/underground drivers are paid compared to British train/underground drivers. Because one thing I don't remember ever encountering in Japan, is underground strikes.

[Ttaskmaster]

As well as numerous train sims, you can even get train control peripherals, just like you can flight joysticks... but for trains.