※Re-release (A6530) JNR Super Express 1000 Series(A Formation) 2Cars
Normal Price : ¥ 11,100 JPY
¥ 9,435 JPY
Item Code: MicroAce A6530
Package volume : 400
ItemNumber A6530
JNR Super Express 1000 Series(A Formation) 2Cars
Information
In 1962, when the "Dream Super Express" between Tokyo and Osaka, which had been called the bullet train before the war, was starting to take shape, the Japanese National Railways manufactured six high-speed prototype cars, numbered as the 1000 series, to conduct field tests and obtain data on various devices necessary for stable commercial operation at a speed exceeding 200 km/h, which was unprecedented in the world. The two-car train consisting of cars 1001 and 1002 was commonly known as the "A train," and the four-car train consisting of cars 1003 to 1006 was commonly known as the "B train." A six-car train consisting of both cars was coupled together, and passing tests were also conducted using both cars. The streamlined "dumpling nose" front end shape was mostly refined through wind tunnel experiments using a model, but many problems were identified when the prototype was actually run, and the 1000 series has undergone subtle changes in shape compared to when it was first completed. In particular, the original pantograph was a "diamond-shaped" one with no crossing at the bottom frame, which is particularly eye-catching. The A-unit's body paint was a wide ivory area with a thin blue stripe on the side panel and bottom, which was very different from the later mass-produced cars. Two months after its completion, the A-unit was converted into an electrical test car with an inspection dome installed to check the condition of the overhead lines, and then in 1964, before the opening of the line, it was converted into a rescue car, the 941 series. When it was retired in 1975 without any major use, it was used to test the car body dismantling equipment, and it truly lived out its life as a test car.