A day in Japanese trains at the Railway Museum Saitama

[bob]

Video by rrobbert184

An interlude from the Railway Museum in Saitama. Well worth checking out if you can!

[video=youtube;HuMK7ZsXNcM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMK7ZsXNcM[/video]

 

[montanan]

Interest video. Thanks for posting. Looks like quite a display.

 

[Sirfoldalot]

Quite impressive.

 

[bob]

I happened across it by chance and thought it was neat. It kind of reminds me of the old Lionel Showroom layouts in a way, with trains all over the place, and lots of elevated track. Then again, that's common in Japan, so it fits in well. Must be amazing in person.

 

[tootnkumin]

Do they have freight trains in Japan?

 

[vikramgoel]

Bob,

A very impressive layout, is it in N gauge?

Regards,

Vik.

 

[bob]

It's HO scale. This looks to be a an amazing museum (the video is by rrobbert184, not me, I've never been there.) They also have an extensive collection of prototype railroad rolling stock.

http://www.railway-museum.jp/en/index.html

http://www.japaneserailwaysociety.com/jrs/omiya/omiya.html

 

[bob]

They also have these fun little trains that I think you can drive. How cool is that?


[h=1]Oomiaya Railway Museum, Japan[/h][video=youtube;m7ca9V2CCk0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ca9V2CCk0[/video]

Video by KTMR De Silva