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JR Series 700-7000 Sanyo Shinkansen "Hikari Rail Star" - 5 Cars Add-On Set - Tomix 92277
- Five (5) Cars Add-On Set for Bullet Train
- Excellent quality and performance
- Light gray color with dark gray and yellow bands
- Comes with padded Case to store the set
- Wonderful details and realistic design
- Car 1: Type 726 7500 Coach
- Car 2: Type 727 7000 Coach
- Car 3: Type 727 7100 Coach
- Car 4: Type 726 7000 Coach
- Car 5: Type 725 7700 Coach
- set does not include a powered car
- Scale: N
- Very Limited quantities available since item sold out from manufacturer.
- Tomix 92276 - Series 700 Powered Train Set (3 cars)
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The 700 Series Shinkansen trainsets for Japan's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed rail lines were built between 1997
and 2004, entering service in 1999. The design goal was to produce a train almost as fast as the 500 Series Shinkansen
but at a substantially lower cost. This goal was met, and 83 trains have been built and are in service. Top speed
is 285 kmh (177 mph), but given that speeds higher than that are only permitted on a few stretches of line, the
journey time is actually only a little longer than for a 500 series.
Unlike the sleek 500 series, the 700 series is characterized by its flat 'duck-bill' nose. 16-car units are painted
white with blue stripes beneath the windows, and are used for Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama services on the To-kaido-
and Sanyo lines, while 8-car units used for the Sanyo Shinkansen Hikari Rail Star services have a darker livery
(grey with black window areas and a yellow stripe beneath the windows) which also acts to visually deemphasize
the units' nose area, resulting in a more streamlined impression.