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The Shuzenji Romney Railway (ロムニー鉄道, ''Romney Railway'') is a 1.2 km, gauge
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located in Niji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) in
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, on the
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. It is Japan's first 15-inch gauge railway. It is based on the
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on the English Channel coast in Kent, which opened in 1927. The railway operates using a mixture of steam and diesel locomotives and enclosed saloon carriages. Its primary two steam engines were built by the
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in
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, England, and are based on that line's 1976 ''Northern Rock'' 2-6-2 steam locomotive. Its No. 2 locomotive ''Ernest W. Twining'' was acquired from the
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in
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when that line converted to gauge. There is also a small 15-inch gauge
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Locomotives

File:Nijinosato 20121104 British Village C.jpg, Facade of Romney station File:Nijinosato 20121104 British Village B.jpg, Romney station and British village File:Shuzenji Nijinosato (30917744626).jpg, Japanese garden File:Niji-no-sato.jpg, Romney Bus


See also

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References


Hiroshi Naito, "Shuzenji Romney Railway in Niji-no-Sato, Rainbow Country" - Japanese Railway Society


* ttps://jurina.sakura.ne.jp/LiveSteam65.htm ロムニー鉄道訪問記 - Visit to the railway in 2004
Video of the railway in December 2017


External links


Niji-no-Sato

Niji-no-Sato Romney Railway
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