Type Railway museum Phone +81 868-22-3310 | Established 2 April 2016 | |
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Location Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan Website www.tsuyamakan.jp/manabi Address Otani, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture 708-0882, Japan Hours Open today · 9AM–4PMSunday9AM–4PMMondayClosedTuesday9AM–4PMWednesday9AM–4PMThursday9AM–4PMFriday9AM–4PMSaturday9AM–4PMSuggest an edit Similar Tsuyama Station, Tsuyama Castle, Modern Transportation Museum, Kyoto Railway Museum, Shūraku‑en |
Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum (津山まなびの鉄道館, Tsuyama Manabi no Tetsudōkan) is a railway museum in Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since 2 April 2016. It is based around the former Tsuyama Depot roundhouse, which was used to house a number of preserved locomotives since 2007.
Contents
Exhibits
A total of 13 rolling stock exhibits are housed at the museum, including the nine vehicles previously preserved inside the roundhouse and vehicles moved from the former Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka which closed in April 2014.
Steam locomotives
Diesel locomotives
Diesel multiple units
History
The roundhouse structure was built in 1936 as part of Tsuyama Locomotive Depot, and originally contained 17 storage tracks (of which 11 remain).
The museum opened on 2 April 2016.
Access
The site is located close to Tsuyama Station on the Kishin Line and Tsuyama Line.