By SONOKO MIYAZAKI/ Staff Writer
September 6, 2020 at 07:10 JST
The No. 653 tram that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima departs Hiroshima Electric Railway Co.’s Senda tram shed, adjacent to the company’s headquarters, in the city’s Naka Ward on Aug. 9 as train buffs watch. (Sonoko Miyazaki)
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