Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum, Railroad museum in Tsuyama, Japan
The Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum sits in a semicircular locomotive shed and displays thirteen preserved engines and railroad items from different eras. The hall includes a working turntable, workshop areas, and exhibition rooms that allow visitors a walk through the technical development of Japanese trains.
The locomotive hall was built in 1936 as part of the Japanese State Railway expansion and served as a maintenance center until the postwar period. After the depot closed in the 1970s, the site gained museum status and was later recognized as an example of modern industrial architecture.
The site preserves the working character of a depot where locomotives were once maintained and turned, while visitors today walk among the historic machines. Displays and models show how railways connected mountain villages with coastal towns and changed daily life in rural regions.
The facility opens daily between 9:00 and 16:00, with ground-level access paths and information panels in several languages. Visitors should allow around one and a half hours for a full walk through the hall and outdoor areas.
Exhibits include the DE50-1, a diesel locomotive of which only one unit was built and which today stands as a technical rarity. Next to it sits the D51-2, one of the earliest steam locomotives of this class, which was widely used in Japan.
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