Hiroshima's 'Atomic' Trams - Working Survivors of the 1945 Bomb

Following the 6 August 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, the city was largely destroyed, yet within three days, some of the city's trams were running again! And, 79 years later, three of the trams that survived the bomb are still running, including two on daily services! Find out the full story here...

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Sources:
- 'Hiroshima’s Reconstruction and Trams “ Other Cities War-damaged Trams”', Hiroshima for Global Peace, www.hiroshimaforpeace.com
- 'The Trams of Hiroshima', www.twosecondstreet.com
- 'A-bombed tram in Hiroshima runs same route as 75 years ago' by Sonoko Miyazaki, Asahi Shimbun, 6 September 2020

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