Ome Railway Park

Ome Railway Park
青梅鉄道公園
	Location within Japan
Established	1962
Location	Ōme, Tokyo Japan
Type	Railway museum
Public transit access	Ōme Station
Website	www.ejrcf.or.jp/ome/english/index.html

The Ome Railway Park (青梅鉄道公園, Ōme Tetsudō Kōen) is a railway museum in Ōme, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1962, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a foundation established by East Japan Railway Company.

Exhibits

Seven steam locomotives, one electric locomotive and one 0 Series Shinkansen EMU car are on display.^[1]^[2] (as of July 2023)

Category	Number	Class	Builder	Year built
Steam	2221	JGR Class 2120	North British Locomotive Company, Scotland	1905
	5540	JGR Class 5500	Beyer, Peacock & Company, England	1897
	8620	JGR Class 8620	Kisha Seizo, Japan	1914
	9608	JNR Class 9600	Kawasaki, Japan	1913
	C11 1	JNR Class C11	Kisha Seizo, Japan	1932
	D51 452	JNR Class D51	Kisha Seizo, Japan	1939
	E10 2	JNR Class E10	Kisha Seizo, Japan	1948
Electric	ED16 1	JNR Class ED16 [ja]	Mitsubishi, Japan	1936
Shinkansen	22-75	0 series	Kisha Seizo, Japan	1969

Shinkansen car 22-75 was repainted into Tohoku ivory/green livery for short period in late 1980s.^[3]
JNR Class C51 steam locomotive No. C51 5 was also preserved here until it was moved to the Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama.^[1]
JGR Class 110 steam locomotive No. 110 was also sectioned and put on display here, until its sectioned part was restored was moved to CIAL Sakuragichō Station in June 2020.^[4]

Access

The museum is located 15 minutes walk from Ome Station on the Ome Line.

Address

2-155 Katsunuma, Ōme, Tokyo

References

^ ^a ^b "The Collection of Ome Railway Park - 2013". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
^ "The Collection of Ome Railway Park". Retrieved July 16, 2023.
^ 鉄道のテクノロジーVol1：新幹線 [Railway Technology Vol.1: Shinkansen]. Japan: Sanei Mook. April 2009. p. 121. ISBN 978-4-7796-0534-5.
^ "桜木町駅新南口に蒸気機関車やジオラマ、旧横濱鉄道歴史展示「旧横ギャラリー」充実！". はまこれ横浜 (in Japanese). 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2022-10-17.

External links

35°47′32″N 139°15′48″E / 35.7923°N 139.2633°E / 35.7923; 139.2633

[exhibits-1] "The Collection of Ome Railway Park - 2013". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.

[2] "The Collection of Ome Railway Park". Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[sanei2009-3] 鉄道のテクノロジーVol1：新幹線 [Railway Technology Vol.1: Shinkansen]. Japan: Sanei Mook. April 2009. p. 121. ISBN 978-4-7796-0534-5.

[4] "桜木町駅新南口に蒸気機関車やジオラマ、旧横濱鉄道歴史展示「旧横ギャラリー」充実！". はまこれ横浜 (in Japanese). 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2022-10-17.

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