| Description |
An A-bombed streetcar. Looking south, this picture was taken in front of the Chugoku Haiden (present Chugoku Electric Power Co., Komachi, Naka Ward) head office, 730 meters from the hypocenter. This streetcar (No. 651) was exposed to the atomic bomb while driving towards Kamiyacho. A blast from diagonally left front derailed the leading part of the streetcar to the right, blowing off the beugal (a type of power contact on the top of electric trains) on the roof, the doors, and so on. On the right side of the picture are people heading towards the hypocenter for relief work. The body of the streetcar was moved to the Senda garage by August 11, 1945. It was restored and started running again in March 1946. As of August 2023, it is still in service as an "A-bombed train." |
