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Atsushi Goto might be the biggest BART fan in Japan. In April, Atsushi flew to the Bay Area for just a day to attend BART's legacy fleet retirement party. He hadn't been in the Bay since 2001 when he was a 21-year-old university student touring the U.S. "I feared this was my last chance to see these trains. I could not wait any longer,” Atsushi said, speaking on a videocall from Japan. He never intended for his return to the Bay to take so many years, but between work and adult responsibilities, a return trip never came together. Atsushi couldn't take much time off from his work as an automobile designer, so he left Tokyo on Friday night, landed in SF on Friday afternoon (California is 16 hrs behind Tokyo), attended the legacy retirement party on Saturday, and then headed home that night. On his last ride, Atsushi took tons of photos, celebrated with fellow rail fans, and reflected on the 23-year-long ride that took him from his first spin on an original BART train to his final one that day. Before the train returned to the yard from Fremont Station, Atsushi “touched the train to thank it for its many years of service.” Below is a page from an old scrapbook Atsushi made after his U.S. trip. Read all about Atsushi and his whirlwind of a trip at https://lnkd.in/geDbR94G.

  • An image of a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train car and station, featuring a scrapbook page with a photo of a person sitting inside a BART train, and an adjacent photo showing a BART train at the station, accompanied by a BART ticket with instructions in English and Japanese.
Eric Seiden

I enjoy working in the fastener industry! "If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters." (Alan K. Simpson)

1mo

I still have my original BART ticket too :)

He's got to have earned a fandom award 🙂

Morris Gevirtz

Solving the bike routing problem for fun and profit

1mo

When did the cars lose their faux wood decor?

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Wow, it looks nostalgic and comfortable.

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Alex P.

Personal Trainer assistant at FIT by renata

1mo

I agree!

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