How can I find out what type of train is used for a Shinkansen service?
One of my kids' favorite destinations near Tokyo is the Railway Museum, which as a bonus can be visited by taking the Shinkansen bullet train two stops from Tokyo to Omiya. This particular section of track is plied by basically all northbound services from Tokyo, meaning they operate every train in JR East's repertoire: E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, plus the bullet train aficionado's latest prize, the shiny new JR West W7 (launched March 2015).
So my question is simple: how can I easily see what trainset is used for each service? For example, if I search on Hyperdia, I get a list of the service names (eg. "Asama 605", "Komachi 9"), but it takes a lot of legwork to figure out that Asama is an E2 or E7 or W7 (but which?) and that a Komachi is an E6 coupled to a Hayabusa E5.
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What type of train is the Shinkansen?
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