Sakuma Rail Park Explained

The was an open-air railway museum located next to Chūbu-Tenryū Station on the Iida Line in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It was operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and was opened on 21 April 1991.^[1] The museum closed on 1 November 2009 in preparation for the move to a new SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya in 2011.^[1]

Exhibits

As of June 2009, the following railway vehicles were on display.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Shinkansen

• 0 Series Shinkansen car – No. 21-2023 (cab end only, later moved to J-TREC factory in Yokohama)^[4]

Locomotives

• JNR Class ED11 electric locomotive - No. ED11 2 (built 1922 by General Electric, later moved to SCMaglev and Railway Park)
• JNR Class ED62 electric locomotive - No. ED62 14

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)

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)

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)

Other vehicles

• So 80 crane - No. So 180 & ChiKi 6132 match wagon

Notes and References

1. 佐久間レールパーク展示車両とイベント情報 (Sakuma Rail Park Exhibits and Event Information) . Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō . 38 . 304 . 38–42 . Kōtsū Shimbun. Japan . August 2009 .
2. 「リニア・鉄道館」ファーストガイド. "SCMaglev and Railway Park" First Guide. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine . 40. 324. 20–33. Kōtsū Shimbun . Japan . April 2011.
3. リニア・鉄道館　会館. SCMaglev and Railway Park opens. . 51. 601. 64–73. Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.. Japan . May 2011.
4. ja:0系新幹線電車前頭部を保存します . 0 Series Shinkansen Front Section Preserved . Tokyu Car Corporation . 23 August 2010 . http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/news/news_10/nr_100823_2.pdf . 18 September 2012. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20101011110204/http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/news/news_10/nr_100823_2.pdf. 11 October 2010 .