THE well-known steam railway museum in the historic Japanese city of Kyoto reopened to the public on April 29.

The museum was closed for extensive refurbishment in 2015.
It now has much more display space, which has enabled the collection to be expanded to include examples of more important modern diesel and electric traction, including Shinkansen high-speed trains, the most recent of which dates from as far back as…1996!
Read more in the August issue of The RM
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