Yeah, it's a 0-Series Shinkansen. Cool as a cucumber.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_Series_Shinkansen

Possibly only out-cooled (on rails) by the special TGV set which did over 350mph.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGlIMJ7PlTY

cheers

James

magnumpi wrote:Whats the blue and white monster in the pics above? I'm guessing a Bullet from Japan is that right, what ever it is it's cool as funk as far as trains go anyway

Yeah spot on... very impressive really, dated from the 60's it felt almost like being on a train today... being on it feels like it might be say 20-25yrs old... not 40!