The SCMaglev and Railway Park (リニア・鉄道館 ~夢と想い出のミュージアム~ , Rinia Tetsudōkan: Yume to Omoide no Myūjiamu , lit. ' Linear Railway Museum: Museum of Dreams and Memories ' ) is a railway museum owned by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Nagoya , Japan.[1] The museum opened on 14 March 2011.[2]
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The museum features 39 full-size railway vehicles and one bus exhibit, train cab simulators, and railway model dioramas .[3]
The following full-size vehicles are on display.[3] [4]
Shinkansen
JR–Maglev MLX01-1, April 2013
Shinkansen Train Zone, March 2011
MLX01 SCMaglev car No. MLX01-1 (built 1995 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, from JR Research)
0 Series Shinkansen car – No. 21-86 (built 1971 by Kisha Seizo , from Hamamatsu Works)
0 Series Shinkansen car – No. 16-2034 (built 1986 by Nippon Sharyo, from Hamamatsu Works)
0 Series Shinkansen car – No. 36-84 (built 1975 by Hitachi, from Hamamatsu Works)
0 Series Shinkansen car – No. 37-2523 (built 1983 by Hitachi, from Hamamatsu Works)
Class 922 Doctor Yellow car No. 922-26 (built 1979 by Hitachi, from JR West )
100 Series Shinkansen car – No. 123-1 (built 1986 by Hitachi, from Hamamatsu Works)
100 Series Shinkansen car – No. 168-9001 (built 1985 by Kinki Sharyo, from Hamamatsu Works)
300 Series Shinkansen prototype car – No. 322-9001 (built 1990 by Hitachi, from Hamamatsu Works)
Class 955 "300X" car No. 955-6 (built 1994 by Hitachi, from Hamamatsu Works)
700 Series Shinkansen prototype car – No. 723-9001 (ex-set C1, built 1997 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, on display from 2 January 2014)[5]
N700 Series Shinkansen prototype car – No. 783-9001 (ex-set X0, built 2005 by Hitachi, on display from 17 July 2019)[6] (displayed outside)
N700 Series Shinkansen prototype car – No. 775-9001 (ex-set X0, built 2005 by Nippon Sharyo, on display from 17 July 2019, displayed outside)
N700 Series Shinkansen prototype car – No. 786-9201 (ex-set X0, built 2005 by Nippon Sharyo, on display from 17 July 2019, displayed outside)
Locomotives
C57 139, March 2011
Class Ke 90 steam locomotive - No. Ke 90 (built 1918, from Nagoya Training Centre) (displayed outside)
JNR Class C57 steam locomotive - No. C57 139 (built 1940 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, from Nagoya Training Centre)
JNR Class C62 steam locomotive - No. C62 17 (built 1948 by Hitachi, from Higashiyama Park)
JNR Class ED11 electric locomotive - No. ED11 2 (built 1922 by General Electric, from Sakuma Rail Park )
JNR Class ED18 electric locomotive - No. ED18 2 (built 1923 by English Electric, from Hamamatsu Works)
JNR Class EF58 electric locomotive - No. EF58 157 (built 1957 by Mitsubishi Electric, from Hamamatsu Works)
Electric railcars
MoHa 63 electric car MoHa 63638, March 2011
Class MoHa 1 3rd-class electric railcar - No. MoHa 1035 (built 1922 by Kisha Seizo, from Ina-Matsushima Depot)
KuMoHa 12 electric railcar - No. KuMoHa 12041 (built 1927 by Kisha Seizo, from Ina-Matsushima Depot)
Class KuMoHa 52 EMU car - No. MoHa 52004 (built 1937 by Kawasaki Sharyo, from Sakuma Rail Park )
Class MoHa 63 EMU car - No. MoHa 63638 (built 1947 by Kawasaki Sharyo, from Hamamatsu Works)
111 series EMU car - No. KuHa 111-1 (built 1962 by Nippon Sharyo, from Sakuma Rail Park)
117 series EMU car - KuHa 117-30
165 series EMU car - No. KuMoHa 165-108 (built 1966 by Tokyu Car, from Mino-Ōta Depot)
165 series EMU car - No. SaRo 165-106 (built 1967 by Teikoku Sharyo, from Hamamatsu Works)
381 series EMU car - No. KuHa 381-1 (built 1973 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, from Mino-Ōta Depot)
Diesel railcars
Class KiHa 48000 railcar - No. KiHa 48036 (built 1956 by Tokyu Car, from Sakuma Rail Park )
Class KiHa 82 DMU car - No. KiHa 82-73 (built 1965 by Nippon Sharyo, from Mino-Ōta Depot)
KiHa 181 series DMU car - No. KiHa 181-1 (built 1968 by Fuji Heavy Industries, from Sakuma Rail Park)
Steam railcars
Class HoJi 6005 steam railcar - No. HoJi 6014 (built 1913 by Kisha Seizo)
Passenger carriages
SuNi 30 passenger carriage – No. SuNi 30 95 (built 1929 by Osaka Tekko, from Sakuma Rail Park )
OYa 31 passenger carriage – No. OYa 31 12 (built 1937 by Nakata Sharyo, from Sakuma Rail Park)
OHa 35 passenger carriage – No. OHa 35 206 (built 1941 by Nippon Sharyo, from Sakuma Rail Park)
MaINe 40 sleeping carriage – No. MaINe 40 7 (built 1948 by Nippon Sharyo, from Sakuma Rail Park)
43 series passenger carriage – No. SuHa 43 321 (built 1954 by Niigata Tekko)
10 series sleeping carriage – No. ORoNe 10 27 (built 1960 by Hitachi, from Sakuma Rail Park)
300 Series Shinkansen car – No. 323-20 (ex-set J21, built 1993 by Nippon Sharyo, from Hamamatsu Works, removed in December 2013)[5]
381 series EMU car - No. KuRo 381-11 (built 1974 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, from Mino-Ōta Depot, removed in June 2019)[6]
117 series EMU cars - MoHa 116-59 + KuHa 116-209 (they were displayed outside, removed in June 2019)[6]
Construction work started in August 2009, with the first exhibits moved in from July 2010.[7] The museum opened on 14 March 2011.[2]
On 29 January 2012, a small ceremony was held to mark the one millionth visitor to the museum.[8]
JR東海博物館(仮称)の名称等の決定について [ Name Selected for JR Central Museum] (PDF) (in Japanese). JR Central. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010 .
"リニア・鉄道館 会館" [ SCMaglev and Railway Park opens] . Japan Railfan Magazine . Vol. 51, no. 601. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. May 2011. pp. 64–73.
"「リニア・鉄道館」ファーストガイド" [ "SCMaglev and Railway Park" First Guide] . Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine . Vol. 40, no. 324. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. April 2011. pp. 20–33.
リニア・鉄道館 700系新幹線電車の展示について [ 700 series shinkansen exhibit at SCMaglev and Railway Park] (PDF) . News release (in Japanese). Japan: Central Japan Railway Company. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013 .
リニア・鉄道館 N700系車両の展示について [ N700 series shinkansen exhibit at SCMaglev and Railway Park] (PDF) . News release (in Japanese). Japan: Central Japan Railway Company. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019 .
JR東海博物館(仮称)建物内への展示車両の搬入について [ Installation of exhibits in JR Central Museum] (PDF) (in Japanese). JR Central. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2014 .
リニア・鉄道館、来場者100万人達成 [ SCMaglev and Railway Park reached one million visitors] . Nikkei Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014 .