Shinshu No Tetsudo Monogatari Ka (Shin Goto Sensho)

[Machine Translation] While modernization and speeding up, rationalization and the crisis of survival... Lines that continue to run in support of daily life and tourism. Shinkansen extension, linear railways, three-sectionalization... This is the story of the birth and rise and fall of the railroads, which you should know because of the dramatic changes that are taking place today. Based on the contents of the first edition published in 1987, with major additions of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Linear Chuo Shinkansen, and other subsequent and current trends.

近代化・高速化の一方、合理化や存続の危機...生活や観光を支えて走り続ける路線たち。新幹線延伸、リニア、三セク化...劇的に変わる今だからこそ知っておきたい、鉄道発祥と盛衰の物語。昭和62年刊初版の内容を基に、北陸新幹線やリニア中央新幹線など、その後や現在の動向を大幅加筆。