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railway museum A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives ( steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic e ...

Ōme, Tokyo is a Cities of Japan, city located in the western portion of Tokyo, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 131,895 in 63,917 households, and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Ō ...

, Japan. It opened in 1962, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a foundation established by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

Exhibits

Eight steam locomotives, one electric locomotive and one 0 Series Shinkansen EMU car are on display. (as of October 2022) * Shinkansen car 22-75 was repainted into Tohoku ivory/green livery for short period in late 1980s. *

JNR Class C51 The is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built by Kisha Seizo Mitsubishi and Japanese National Railways (JNR) Hamamatsu Works . The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C51 introduced diameter driving wheels to Japan. C51s ...

steam locomotive No. C51 5 was also preserved here until it was moved to the

Railway Museum A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives ( steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic e ...

Saitama, Saitama is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lying 1 ...

. * JGR Class 110 steam locomotive No. 110 was also sectioned and put on display here, until its sectioned part was restored was moved to CIAL Sakuragichō Station in June 2020. File:JNR-110a.JPG, No. 110 File:JNR-2221b.JPG, No. 2221 File:JNR-5540a.JPG, No. 5540 File:JNR-8620a.JPG, No. 8620 File:JNR-9608.JPG, No. 9608 File:JNR-C111.JPG, C11 1 File:JNR-C515.JPG, C51 5 File:Japanese-national-railways-D51-452-20111103.jpg, D51 452 File:JNR-E102a.JPG, E10 2 File:JNR-ED161.JPG, ED16 1 File:Shinkansen0-22-75-20111103.jpg, Shinkansen car No. 22-75

Access

The museum is located 15 minutes walk from Ome Station on the

Ome Line Ome may refer to: Places * Ome (Bora Bora), a public island in the lagoon of Bora Bora * Ome, Lombardy, Italy, a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia * Ōme, Tokyo, a city in the Prefecture of Tokyo * Ome (crater), a crater on Mars Tran ...

Address

2-155 Katsunuma, Ōme, Tokyo

References

External links

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