Doctor Yellow facts for kids
Doctor Yellow are a group of Japanese trains which are used to test the condition of Shinkansen high-speed train lines. The trains check the tracks on the ground and also the wires which run above the trains. Their name comes from their unusual equipment onboard "Doctor", and the color that they are painted in "Yellow". The color scheme was made from reversing the color scheme (blue with a yellow stripe) used on test trains on non-high speed lines into yellow with a blue stripe.
The trains can go as fast as normal shinkansen trains, up to 270 km/h on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen).
Gallery
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JR West Class 922
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Class 923 JR West
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Class 925/0 JR East
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Class 925/10 JR East
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Preserved Class 922 at SCMaglev
Images for kids
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JR Central's Class 923 "Doctor Yellow" set T4 on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, September 2021
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Preserved Doctor Yellow car 922-26 inside the SCMaglev and Railway Park, March 2011
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JR Central Class 922 set T2, October 1998
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JR West Class 922 set T3, October 2004
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JR Central Class 923 set T4, April 2013
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JR West Class 923 set T5, July 2008
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Class 925 set S1, 1987
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Class 925-10 set S2, September 2002
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E926 East i train, August 2020
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Interior of car number 1 used to inspect signalling, communications and power
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Interior of car number 2 used to measure electricity
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Observation window in car number 3
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Seats in car number 5
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A meeting table in car number 6
