is a railway museum in

Tsuyama, Okayama is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 102,294 and a population density of 200 persons per km². The total area was 185.73 km². The area increased in 2005 as the result of a merger with adjacent to ...

, Japan, operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) since 2 April 2016. It is based around the former Tsuyama Depot roundhouse, which was used to house a number of preserved locomotives since 2007.

Exhibits

Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum garage 20160410

A total of 13 rolling stock exhibits are housed at the museum, including the nine vehicles previously preserved inside the roundhouse and vehicles moved from the former

Modern Transportation Museum The was the corporate museum operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan. It opened on 21 January 1962, next to Bentencho Station on the Osaka Loop Line. The collection included steam locomotives, electric locomo ...

in Osaka which closed in April 2014.

Steam locomotives

* Class D51 steam locomotive number D51 2 :Built in 1936 by Kawasaki Sharyo. Preserved at the former Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka following withdrawal in 1971. Moved from the Modern Transportation Museum in March 2015.

Diesel locomotives

* 10 t diesel shunting locomotive :Built in 1974 by Kyosan Kogyo, and preserved at Tsuyama since 2011. * Class DD13 diesel locomotive number DD13 638 :Built in 1967 by Nippon Sharyo. Preserved at the former Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka following withdrawal in 1986. * Class DD15 diesel locomotive snowplough unit number DD15 30 :Built in 1964 by Nippon Sharyo. Previously operated by

Toyama Chiho Railway Toyama may refer to: Places and organizations * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, ...

, and moved to Tsuyama following its withdrawal in 2011. * Class DD16-300 diesel locomotive snowplough unit number DD16 304 :Built in 1972 by

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (or simply Kawasaki) is a Japanese Public company, public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, Heavy equipment (construction), heavy equipment, aerospace and Military, defense equipment, rolling stock and ships, headq ...

as DD16 13, and converted to become a snowplough unit in 1983. Withdrawn in 2015. *

Class DD51 The is a B-2-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic locomotive type operated in Japan since 1962. 649 locomotives were built between 1962 and 1978 by Kawasaki Sharyo, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi. The class was designed for mainline passenger and frei ...

diesel locomotive number DD51 1187 :Built in 1977 and withdrawn from service in 2007. * Class DE50 diesel locomotive DE50 1 :Built in 1970, withdrawn from service in 1986, and moved to Tsuyama in 2002. * Class DF50 diesel locomotive DF50 18 :Built in 1958, and preserved at the former Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka following withdrawal in 1984. Moved from the former Modern Transportation Museum in March 2015. File:DD15 14.JPG, A Class DD15 File:JRE-DD16-300.jpg, A Class DD16-300 snowplough unit File:DD51 1187 Izumo Izumoshi 20060121.jpg, DD51 1187 in service in 2006 File:DE50 1 Tsuyama Depot 20070506.jpg, DE50 1 inside the roundhouse in May 2007 File:JNR-DF5018-DieselLoco.jpg, DF50 18 at the Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka in January 2007

Diesel multiple units

* KiHa 33-1001 :Built in 1978 as passenger coach OHa 50-5, converted to become a diesel car in 1988, and withdrawn from service in 2010. *

KiHa 52 The is a Japanese diesel multiple unit (DMU) type formerly operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR); JR Group companies such as JR East, JR West, JR Shikoku & JR Kyushu; and later by the private railway operator Isumi Railway based in Chiba ...

-115 : Built in 1965 by Niigata Tekko, and withdrawn from service in 2010. * KiHa 58-563 + KiHa 28-2329 :KiHa 58-563 was built in 1964 and withdrawn from service in 2010. :KiHa 28-2329 was built in 1964 as KiHa 28-329, and renumbered KiHa 28-2329 in 1969 following the addition of air-conditioning. * KiHa 181-12 :Built in 1969 by Nippon Sharyo for use on ''

Oki Oki or Ōki may refer to: Places *Oki District, Shimane, a district in Shimane Prefecture, Japan *Oki Islands, an archipelago in the Sea of Japan *Oki Province, a former province of Japan *Ōki, Fukuoka, a town in southern Japan *Oki Airport, the ...

'' and later ''

Hamakaze The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which runs from to and . Stops Trains stop at the following stations: - - - - ( Nishi-Akashi) - () - - - - - - - - - - - () - ...

'', and withdrawn from service in 2011. File:Tsuyama Turnplate.JPG, KiHa 33-1001 on the roundhouse tyrntable in 2014 File:JRW DC kiha58 series Mimasaka-suro-life 0509.jpg, KiHa 58-563 + KiHa 28-2329 in service File:JNR kiha181 matsukaze osaka.jpg, A KiHa 181 DMU in service

History

The roundhouse structure was built in 1936 as part of Tsuyama Locomotive Depot, and originally contained 17 storage tracks (of which 11 remain). The museum opened on 2 April 2016.

Access

The site is located close to Tsuyama Station on the

Kishin Line is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Himeji, Hyōgo and Niimi, Okayama, Japan. The name of the line comes from the first kanji of Himeji () and Niimi () which the line connects. Stations *S: Trains stop *s: ...

and

Tsuyama Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting and in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Stations All-stations and limited-stop services called operate over the line. In the "Rapid" column in the table below, "O" ...

References

External links

*
JR West October 2015 press release
{{JR Museums established in 2016 Museums in Okayama Prefecture Railway museums in Japan 2016 establishments in Japan Tsuyama West Japan Railway Company