File:One of the denizens of the large roundhouse next to the Kyoto Rail Museum (48743706531).jpg
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| Description | This wonderfully turned out tank engine is one of the denizens of the large roundhouse next to the Kyoto Rail Museum. This is a 4-4-2T steam locomotive built in 1901 by Dubs UK The Umekōji district where the Kyoto Railway museum is located has a long association with Japan’s rail network; it has served as a transport hub for over a century, ever since two steam locomotive depots in Kyoto were conglomerated here into this facility in 1914. It was then that the 20-track roundhouse—a prominent feature of the Kyoto Railway museu was built. At the time, the shed was a technically advanced structure built with reinforced concrete. But from around the mid-1950s, with the shift to electric or diesel engines, locomotives began to fade, not just from the Tōkaidō and San’yō Lines but across the country. The last locomotives in the Umekōji district were those on the San’in Line, and these were retired in 1971. Despite that though, this engine looks ready to roll out and go into active service. There were far too many steam locomotives in here and although I would have loved to spend a lot of time with each of them, I had to rush off for my steam train ride and also for the other items on the itinerary lined up for the day. I could therefore not gather much information about this particular engine. (Kyoto, Japan, Apr/ May 2019) |
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| Source | One of the denizens of the large roundhouse next to the Kyoto Rail Museum |
| Author | shankar s. from Poona (pune), India, India |
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