September - Intercity Railway Society

In the afternoon, the railway people went out to the
Tobu Transport Museum only to find it was closed.
However, we caught an employee coming out of a
side door and explained that we did not have time
to come back. She went back in and returned with
the curator who opened up especially for us. How
good is that? Inside were a selection of steam,
diesel and electric. Outside the museum there was
a demonstration of Japanese ingenuity. They
wanted to display a Cl.1720 four car unit but they
had no space. So they cut one driving car in half
and stuck the rear end back on to fit the space !!
(see photo of 1721 on the right).
Around the corner from the museum was a British built 4-4-0 No. 6 (Manchester Gorton 1898). Now
back to the hotel via a session on the station. All of the trains I saw were units of many classes. No
locomotive hauled passengers at all. A dull day.
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Tobu Museum of Transport & Culture
13 May 2011
4-4-0 6 plinthed under a railway bridge in
Steam Locomotive Square around the corner
from the Tobu Museum, 13 May 2011
Saturday 14 th May 2011:
The first real railway day. The group had a choice of railway and non railway activities. Ours was a
visit to the National Railway Museum at Nagoya
Airport Express (NEX) Cl.259 19
Tokyo Shinjuku, 13 May 2011
Shinkansen yellow liveried Cl.922 26
Nagoya Railway Museum, 14 May 2011
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