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Kyoto Railway Museum

Coordinates:34°59′14″N135°44′33″E/ 34.98722°N 135.74250°E/34.98722; 135.74250
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Kyoto Railway Museum
Kinh đô thiết đạo bác vật quán
The museum entrance in October 2016
Kyoto Railway Museum is located in Kyoto city
Kyoto Railway Museum
Location of the museum
Kyoto Railway Museum is located in Japan
Kyoto Railway Museum
Kyoto Railway Museum (Japan)
Former name
Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
Established
  • October 10, 1972(1972-10-10)(as Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum)
  • April 29, 2016(2016-04-29)(as Kyoto Railway Museum)
LocationShimogyō-ku, Kyoto,Japan
Coordinates34°59′14″N135°44′33″E/ 34.98722°N 135.74250°E/34.98722; 135.74250
TypeRailway museum
OwnerJR West
Public transit accessUmekōji-Kyōtonishi Station,JR WestSagano Line
Nearest car parkUmekoji Park
Websitewww.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/

TheKyoto Railway Museum(Kinh đô thiết đạo bác vật quán,Kyōto Tetsudō Hakubutsukan)(formerly theUmekoji Steam Locomotive Museum(Mai tiểu lộ chưng khí cơ quan xa quán,Umekōji Jōkikikansha-kan)until 2016) is arailway museuminShimogyō-ku, Kyoto,Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum.

The museum is owned byWest Japan Railway Company(JR West) and is operated by Transportation Culture Promotion Foundation.

Exhibition zones[edit]

The museum is divided into the following exhibition areas, including the 20-trackroundhousebuilt in 1914.

  • Promenade
  • Main Hall
  • Twilight Plaza
  • Roundhouse
  • FormerNijō Station
  • The Promenade area in May 2016
    The Promenade area in May 2016

Main Hall[edit]

This is a three-storey building completed in April 2016.[1]

  • Exhibits in the main hall in May 2016
    Exhibits in the main hall in May 2016
  • The Main Hall viewed from the second floor in May 2016
    The Main Hall viewed from the second floor in May 2016

Roundhouse[edit]

Roundhouse of the Kyoto Railway Museum

The 1914 roundhouse was built surrounding aturntable.It is anImportant Cultural Propertydesignated by the government of Japan as the oldest reinforced-concrete car shed extant in Japan.[2]

  • The roundhouse in May 2016
    The roundhouse in May 2016

Former Nijo Station[edit]

Nijo Station building

This two-storey structure was formerly part ofNijō Stationin Kyoto until March 1996, and was subsequently moved to the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum where if formed the entrance building, housing the museum shop.[1]

  • The former Nijo Station building in February 2006
    The former Nijo Station building in February 2006

Exhibits[edit]

As of April 2016a total of 53 rolling stock items are on display at the museum.[3][1]

Steam locomotives[edit]

8620steam locomotive 8630 on the Umekoji Locomotive turntable
B20 10 in February 2006
C11 64
C61 2
D50 140
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area
JGR Class 7100 7105 HK Porter(USA) 1880 Roundhouse
JGR Class 1800 1801 Kitson & Company(UK) 1881 Main hall
JGR Class 1070 1080 Dübs & Company(UK) 1901 Roundhouse
JGR Class 230 233 Kisha Seizo 1903 Main hall
JGR Class 8620 8630 Kisha Seizo 1914 Roundhouse
JNR Class 9600 9633 Kawasaki 1914 Roundhouse
JNR Class D50 D50 140 Hitachi 1926 Roundhouse
JNR Class C51 C51 239 Kisha Seizo 1927 Roundhouse
JNR Class C53 C53 45 Kisha Seizo 1928 Roundhouse
JNR Class C11 C11 64 Kawasaki 1935 Roundhouse
JNR Class C55 C55 1 Kawasaki 1935 Roundhouse
JNR Class D51 D51 1 Kawasaki 1936 Roundhouse
JNR Class C57 C57 1 Kawasaki 1937 Roundhouse
JNR Class D51 D51 200 JNR Hamamatsu 1938 Roundhouse
JNR Class C58 C58 1 Kisha Seizo 1938 Roundhouse
JNR Class C56 C56 160 Kawasaki 1939 Roundhouse
JNR Class B20 B20 10 Tateyama 1946 Roundhouse
JNR Class D52 D52 468 Mitsubishi 1946 Roundhouse
JNR Class C59 C59 164 Hitachi 1946 Roundhouse
JNR Class C62 C62 1 Hitachi 1948 Roundhouse
JNR Class C62 C62 2 Hitachi 1948 Roundhouse
JNR Class C61 C61 2 Mitsubishi 1948 Roundhouse
JNR Class C62 C62 26 Kawasaki 1948 Promenade

Diesel locomotives[edit]

DE10 1156
DD54 33 on display in October 2016
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area Remarks
Class DD54 DD54 33 Mitsubishi 1971 Promenade
Class DD51 DD51 756 Hitachi 1972 Main hall
Class DE10 DE10 1156 Hitachi 1972 Promenade
Class 912 912-63 Main hall Front end only

Electric locomotives[edit]

EF58 150 (left) and EF81 103 (right) in the Twilight Plaza zone in May 2016
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area Remarks
Class EF52 EF52 1 Hitachi 1928 Main Hall Brown livery
Class EF58 EF58 150 Tokyo Shibaura Denki 1958 Twilight Plaza Blue livery
Class EF65 EF65 1 Kawasaki 1965 Twilight Plaza Blue livery
Class EF81 EF81 103 Hitachi 1974 Twilight Plaza Twilight Expressgreen livery
Class EF66 EF66 35 Toyo Denki/Kawasaki 1974 Main Hall Blue livery

Shinkansen[edit]

100 series car 122-5003 in the Main Hall in October 2016
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area
0 series 21-1 Nippon Sharyo 1964 Promenade
0 series 16-1 Nippon Sharyo 1964 Promenade
0 series 35-1 Nippon Sharyo 1964 Promenade
0 series 22-1 Nippon Sharyo 1964 Promenade
100 series 122-5003 Hitachi 1989 Main Hall
500 series 521-1 Kawasaki Heavy Industries 1996 Main Hall

EMUs[edit]

80 series EMU car KuHa 86001 in May 2016
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area Remarks
80 series KuHa 86001 Hitachi 1950 Promenade Orange/greenShonanlivery
80 series MoHa 80001 Hitachi 1950 Promenade Orange/greenShonanlivery
103 series KuHa 103-1 Nippon Sharyo 1963 Promenade Vermillion orange livery
581 series KuHaNe 581-35 Hitachi 1968 Main Hall
489 series KuHa 489-1 Tokyu Car 1971 Main Hall

DMUs[edit]

KiHa 81 series DMU car KiHa 81-3 in the Main Hall in April 2016
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area
KiHa 81 series KiHa 81-3 Kinki Sharyo 1960 Main Hall

Coaches[edit]

FormerTwilight Expressgenerator van KaNi 24-12 and lounge car OHa 25-551 in the Main Hall in May 2016
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area Remarks
SuShi 28 SuShi 28 301 Nippon Sharyo 1933 Promenade Brown livery
MaRoNeFu 59 MaRoNeFu 59 1 Kisha Seizo 1955 Main Hall Brown livery
OHa 46 OHa 46 13 Nippon Sharyo 1933 Promenade Brown livery
20 series Nashi 20 24 Nippon Sharyo 1970 Promenade Blue livery
24 series ORoNe 24 4 Hitachi 1972 Twilight Plaza Blue livery
50 series OHaFu 50 68 Niigata Engineering[ja](also known as Niigata Tekko) 1977 Roundhouse Red livery
24 series Sushi 24-1 1988 Twilight Plaza Twilight Expresslivery
24 series SuRoNeFu 25-501 1989 Twilight Plaza Twilight Expresslivery
24 series OHa 25-551 1989 Main Hall Twilight Expresslivery
24 series KaNi 24-12 1975 Main Hall Twilight Expresslivery

Freight wagons[edit]

Brake van Yo 5008 in October 2016
Type Number Manufacturer Year built Exhibition area Remarks
WaMu 3500 WaMu 7055 Nippon Sharyo 1917 Main Hall Black livery
Yo 5000 Yo 5008 Kawasaki Sharyo 1959 Main Hall Light green livery

History[edit]

As early as 1967 plans were being made to make the round-house at Umekoji depot, Kyoto into a live museum where good-order examples of Japanese steam locomotives could be displayed and also steamed and run. The Opening-eve ceremony was held on October 9th 1972 from 1:00 p.m. At the beginning, JNR president Mr. Isozaki planted a memorial youngblack pine tree.The opening ceremony was conducted in front of the Symbol-Zone. The ceremony invited the Kyoto prefectural governor, Kyoto city mayor, and successive Umekoji depot directors, and one hundred and thirty other celebrities as well as eighty JNR members. After the JNR president's congratulatory speech, the naming ceremony was done. It was named "The Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum (Umekoji Jyoki Kikansha Kan)." The dedicated monument embodied the driving wheel from a C57 88 (Retired at 1st May 1972). There is an original English epitaph on the monument, as follows;

May the glory of steam locomotives over the past century be remembered and their gallant sight preserved here forever.
10 October 1972 Japan National Railways.

At the end of the ceremony, a special ceremonial train was run by the C62 2. The museum was opened byJapanese National Railways(JNR) on October 10, 1972 commemorating the centennial of the railway in Japan.[4]When JNR was divided into regional companies in 1987, the museum was inherited byJR West.

Expansion plans[edit]

On 19 December 2012, JR West officially announced its plans to modernize and expand the Umekoji museum.[5]It was announced on 18 December 2013 that the enlarged museum would be renamed the Kyoto Railway Museum.[6]The construction cost was 7.0 billion yen.[7][5]

Once the expansion was complete, the new museum exhibit space covered 31,000 square meters, becoming the largest railway museum in Japan both in terms of floor space and the number of trains exhibited, and surpassing JR East'sRailway MuseuminSaitamaand JR Central'sSCMaglev and Railway ParkinNagoya.

The expansion became necessary due to the aging facilities of theModern Transportation MuseuminOsaka.The Modern Transportation Museum closed on 6 April 2014, and the exhibits housed there were subsequently moved to the new railway museum in Kyoto.[8]

Access[edit]

The museum is approximately 3 minutes on foot fromUmekōji-Kyōtonishi Station.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcKinh đô thiết đạo bác vật quán[Kyoto Railway Museum].Japan Railfan Magazine(in Japanese). Vol. 56, no. 662. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 2016. pp. 26–77.
  2. ^Official website of the museumArchived2009-09-01 at theWayback Machine.Retrieved on August 29, 2009.(in Japanese)
  3. ^Kinh đô thiết đạo bác vật quán の khái yếu[Overview of the Kyoto Railway Museum].Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine(in Japanese). Vol. 45, no. 385. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. May 2016. pp. 12–34.
  4. ^Japan Railfan MagazineOctober 1993 issue, p. 20
  5. ^ab2016 niên ( bình thành 28 niên ) xuân, kinh đô ･ mai tiểu lộ エリアに tân たな thiết đạo bác vật quán が khai nghiệp します[New railway museum to open in Kyoto/Umekoji area in spring 2016].Press release(in Japanese). West Japan Railway Company. 19 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 19 January 2013.Retrieved19 December2013.
  6. ^Thiết đạo bác vật quán の danh xưng が quyết まりました[Railway museum name fixed].Press release(in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 18 December 2013.Retrieved19 December2013.
  7. ^Kinh đô ・ mai tiểu lộ エリアに tân たな thiết đạo bác vật quán[New railway museum for Umekoji, Kyoto].Japan Railfan Magazine Online(in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 20 December 2012.Retrieved20 December2012.
  8. ^52 niên phân の cảm tạ と cộng に, giao thông khoa học bác vật quán の営 nghiệp を chung liễu します[Modern Transportation Museum to close after 52 years].Press release(in Japanese). West Japan Railway Company. 24 July 2013.Retrieved13 August2013.

Further reading[edit]

  • Kinh đô thiết đạo bác vật quán のすべて[Complete Guide to the Kyoto Railway Museum] (in Japanese). Japan: JTB Publishing. 20 April 2016.ISBN978-4533110726.

External links[edit]

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