Talk:Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification

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The part about the Shinkansen system (at the bottom) appears to be wrong - or at least very unprecise. All Shinkansen Type vehicles are Eletric Multiple Units (EMUs) - none is diesel.

The "9" being reserved for prototypes or other non-passenger services (e.g. "Doctor Yellow" trains) appears to be correct - but the second digit "1" meaning diesel is highly unlikely. Since a) there are no diesel Shinkansen vehicles, and b) there are cars within the regular service Shinkansen trains (e.g. 300, 500, 700 series, etc.) that do have a "1" as their second digit - and there it usually refers to the Green Class cars (both trailer and motored!).

No, the article is correct as it stands. It is referring to diesel locomotives used on the shinkansen system, not regular shinkansen cars. As the article says, there have been two classes: 911 and 912. Class 912 locomotives are still in use. --DAJF (talk) 14:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I was about to ask about the Shinkansen/diesel passage for the same reason stated above. Maybe some clarification about the use of diesel on Shinkansen right of way is in order (eg MOW?) Also, I assume that the classification bucket 90-49 is really a typo: shouldn't it be 90-99? Thanks! (void*) (talk) 02:10, 10 February 2008 (UTC)