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Due in the UK Autumn 2024. Price may be subject to currency fluctuations - you have the right to cancel if it changes more than £5 in either direction.

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This item uses Train Trax's website pre-order function. For simplicity of processing, each product will need to be placed on a seperate pre-order as they will probably arrive at different times. If more than one pre-order does arrive at a similar time then it will be possible to combine shipping charges.

Add to your basket as normal. You can then choose to provide card details to be held securely by the preferred payment provider 'Stripe' ready for when the item arrives. You will not be charged until despatch.

If you don't want to provide card details up-front, please choose 'Pay Later'. This just enables me to receive details of your order and no payment needs to be made at this time. You will receive an acknowledgment of your order. I will send an invoice when your order is passing through UK Customs, you can then pay the invoice online using any card or BACS.

You may see the item marked in stock on my website, this merely indicates I have pre-ordered sufficient stock to fulfil your order.

Non UK Customers: UK VAT will be automatically deducted from your invoice, you will however be liable for any taxes in your country.

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ED76 is an AC electric locomotive of Japanese National Railways that was born in 1965. Based on the famous AC locomotive ED75, the length of the car was extended to accommodate a steam generator (commonly known as SG) for passenger car heating, and it was made non-powered to accommodate the increased weight of the car due to the SG's water and fuel loading. Although it is a D-type car, it has a large body similar to an F-type machine, and by adjusting the air spring pressure of the intermediate bogie, it can enter lines with lower track standards. The 500 series first appeared in Hokkaido's first electrified section in 1968, between Otaru and Takikawa on the Hakodate Main Line, and has since been used in central Hokkaido with the extension of the electrified section. Even after the transition to JR, it was responsible for towing sleeper trains with 14-series passenger cars and local trains with 50-series and 51-series passenger cars, and is especially distinctive for its large head mark on sleeper expresses such as "Taisetsu" and "Rishiri."

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