New in softcover. Hardcover was published in 2022. This book discusses the Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway, which was born in Japan in 1964 and how it has developed up to the present day. The book discusses the technological barriers in speeding up the railway at that time and how these engineers overcame them in non-computer days. The book also describes today's highly evolved Shinkansen. The book overviews factors that contributed to the Shinkansen's high safety record.