1990年10月5日 - 小田急ロマンスカー3000形SE車 This ten-minute video shows the trip I took via Odakyu "Romance Car SE" (Super Express - which set a world speed record for narrow gauge in 1957) from Shinjuku to Machida on October 5th, 1990 - from watching the train pulling in at Shinjuku, to boarding, watching the driver operate the train, views out the front of the train of many trains passing in the opposite direction (including newer types of Odakyu-RC trains), passing local trains, pulling into Machida Station, and getting off the train while a woman from the train bows to departing passengers.
At the time I took this, I was sort of disappointed that it wasn't a newer type, but in retrospect, it's lucky I got on the oldest type, since they discontinued using this type just a year or two after I took this video. The plaque at the front of the train indicated it was built in 1957 (Showa-32) and refurbished in 1984 (Showa-59)."
See also:
"Riding the 1957 3000-SE Odakyu-RC Train in 1990"
http://tokyo1991.blogspot.jp/2014/01/riding-1957-3000-se-odakyu-rc-train-in.html
Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://uk.youtube.com/lylehsaxon