“Atami Jinsha Tetsudo”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Atami Jinsha Tetsudo (Jap. for Atami man(powered) vehicle railway) was a {{convert|9.5|mi|km}} long {{convert|2|ft|mm}} manpowerered narrow gauge railway in the province of Izu, Japan which was operated around 1900.

The initially {{convert|7|mi|km}} long handcar line was opened in 1895^[1] and connected the coastal towns Atami and Yoshihama on the Izu Peninsula. The train crew comprised two men and a boy. The men, muscular coolies, pushed the car on the up-grades and jumped on the rear platform for a ride when the car was coasting on a level or down-grade. The boy rode on the front platform, and it was his duty to blow a horn as a warning at hills and curves, and to manipulate the brakes. The fare, including tips for the crew, on ths road was equivalent to 21 cents per round trip.^[2] The line was expanded by {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} to Odawara in 1896.^[1]

In 1907 the track was re-gauged to {{Track gauge|3 ft 6 in}}, and steam locomotives were introduced.^[3] The line closed in 1923 as a result of the Great Kanto earthquake.^[1]

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References

1. ^¹²[https://shizuokatourism.com/shizuoka-prefecture-railway-stations-tookaidoo-main-line-atami-cityshinjohara/ Shizuoka Prefecture Railway Stations: Tookaidoo Main Line (Atami City~Shinjohara).]
2. ^[https://archive.org/stream/streetrailwayrev10amer/streetrailwayrev10amer#page/720/mode/1up An odd Japanese car.] In: The Street Railway Review. Vol. 10, No. 12, 15 December 1900, p. 720. {{PD-notice}}
3. ^Dan Free: [https://books.google.de/books?id=MwbQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT498&lpg=PT498&dq=atami+tram&source=bl&ots=vp_btCQW4-&sig=jvcVLb_jlofT6b4gnV3qs2e2Hj4&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1Yjb_9TZAhWJJSwKHed8DbEQ6AEIXzAK#v=onepage&q=atami%20tram&f=true Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914: Engineering Triumphs That Transformed Meiji-era Japan.] Tuttle Publishing, 27.11.2012.