The was an open-air

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 ...

located next to

Chūbu-Tenryū Station file:JR Chubu-Tenryu Sta. - panoramio.jpg, 270px, Chūbu-Tenryū Station in 2007 is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Ra ...

on the

Iida Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Pr ...

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the total urban area o ...

, Japan. It was operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (). The term ''Tōkai'' refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, ...

(JR Central), and was opened on 21 April 1991. The museum closed on 1 November 2009 in preparation for the move to a new

SCMaglev and Railway Park The is a railway museum owned by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Nagoya, Japan. The museum opened on 14 March 2011. The museum features 39 full-size railway vehicles and one bus exhibit, train cab simulators, and model railwa ...

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

in 2011.

Exhibits

As of June 2009, the following railway vehicles were on display.

Shinkansen

0 Series Shinkansen The trains were the first generation Shinkansen trainsets built to run on Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Shinkansen High-speed rail, high-speed line which opened in 1964. The last remaining trainsets were withdrawn in 2008 after 44 years ...

car – No. 21-2023 (cab end only, later moved to

J-TREC is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known as . The company is based in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, and a member of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) group. J-TREC manufactures rail vehicles not only for JR East and Tokyu Corp ...

factory in Yokohama)

Locomotives

* JNR Class ED11 electric locomotive - No. ED11 2 (built 1922 by General Electric, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) *

JNR Class ED62 The was a Bo-1-Bo wheel arrangement DC electric locomotive type formerly operated in Japan from 1974 until 2002 by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by JR Freight. History The Class ED62 locomotives were created between 1974 and 197 ...

electric locomotive - No. ED62 14 File:ED6214a.jpg, ED62 14 File:JNR-ED11-2.jpg, ED11 2, August 2008

Electric railcars

* Class KuMoHa 12 EMU car - No. MoHa 12054 (rebuilt 1959) * Class KuMoHa 52 EMU car - No. MoHa 52004 (built 1937 by Kawasaki Sharyo, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) * 111 series EMU car - No. KuHa 111-1 (built 1962 by Nippon Sharyo, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) * KuYa 165 EMU car - No. KuYa 165-1 (rebuilt 1974 from former SaHaShi 153–15) File:JNR-Kumoha52004.jpg, MoHa 52004, August 2008 File:JNRKuha111-1.jpg, KuHa 111–1, August 2008 File:JNR kuya165-1 No1.jpg, KuYa 165–1, August 2008

Diesel railcars

* Class KiHa 48000 railcar - No. KiHa 48036 (built 1956 by Tokyu Car, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) * Class KiHa 181 DMU car - No. KiHa 181-1 (built 1968 by Fuji Heavy Industries, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) File:JNRKiha48036.jpg, KiHa 48036, August 2008 File:JNRKiha181-1.jpg, KiHa 181–1, August 2008

Passenger carriages

* SuNi 30 passenger carriage – No. SuNi 30 95 (built 1929 by Osaka Tekko, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) * OYa 31 passenger carriage – No. OYa 31 12 (built 1937 by Nakata Sharyo, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) * OHaFu 33 passenger carriage – No. OHaFu 33 115 * OHa 35 passenger carriage – No. OHa 35 206 (built 1941 by Nippon Sharyo, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) * MaINe 40 sleeping carriage – No. MaINe 40 7 (built 1948 by Nippon Sharyo, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) * 10 series sleeping carriage – No. ORoNe 10 27 (built 1960 by Hitachi, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park) File:Orone10-27.jpg, ORoNe 10 27, August 2008

Other vehicles

* So 80 crane - No. So 180 & ChiKi 6132 match wagon File:So180.jpg, Crane So 180, August 2008 File:Chiki6132-So180.jpg, Match wagon ChiKi 6132, August 2008

References

External links

* {{in lang, ja Buildings and structures in Hamamatsu Museums in Shizuoka Prefecture Museums established in 1991 Museums disestablished in 2009 Railway museums in Japan Defunct museums in Japan 1991 establishments in Japan 2009 disestablishments in Japan