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A better analogy is its like a society that uses steam trains attempting to industrially compete with a society that uses bullet trains (literally similar by factor of improvement). The UK built its last steam train for national use in 1960, four years later the Shinkansen was in use in Japan. Which of those two nations has a strong international industrial base in 2024?
Well the Mallard's top speed was very close to the first generation Shikansen 0 trains.
The Mallard is such a beautiful train.