Earthquake Damage to Railroads

W. G. Byers Collection: 1968 Japan

Thumbnail Image Image-B1601 Failure of railway embankment of Tohoku Trunk Line (Misawa - Mukaiyama)
Thumbnail Image Image-B1602 Subsidence of railway embankment of Ohminato Line.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1603 Failure of railway embankment of Nambu Line.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1604 Slope failure of Tohoku Trunk Line (Shiriuchi-Mutsu-ichikawa)
Thumbnail Image Image-B1605 Failure of railway embankment of Tohoku Trunk Line (Shiriuchi-Mutsu-ichikawa)
Thumbnail Image Image-B1606 Sand volcano in the recently reclaimed deposit in Aomori Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1607 Sand volcano in the recently reclaimed deposit in Aomori Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1608 Sand volcano in the recently reclaimed deposit in Aomori Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1609 Sand volcano in the recently reclaimed deposit in Aomori Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1610 Sand volcano in the recently reclaimed deposit in Aomori Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1611 A large slide of railway fill. Flow of fill material viewed from the top of the fill with a height of about 12 meters.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1612 Slumping of the fill between Shiriuchi and Gonohe Stations on the Nanbu Railway Line.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1613 A flow of the railway fill between Shiriuchi and Gonohe Stations on the Nanbu Railway Line.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1614 A slide of railroad embankment between Arito and Fukikoshi on Ominato Line.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1615 A slide of railroad embankment between Arito and Fukikoshi on Ominato Line.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1616 Slipping of the old fill beside an elevated structure located north of Ogawara Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1617 Slipping of the old fill beside an elevated structure located north of Ogawara Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1618 Slipping of the old fill beside an elevated structure located north of Ogawara Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1619 Failure of railway fill between Ottomo and Ohata, viewed from the south.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1620 Failure of railway fill between Ottomo and Ohata. A view from the south of the slide on the west side of the embankment.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1621 Failure of railway fill between Ottomo and Ohata.
Thumbnail Image Image-B1622 Failure of railway fill between Ottomo and Ohata, viewed from the north.

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