Osaka Modern Transportation Museum (Closed from April 2014)

The Osaka Modern Transportation Museum had railway and other exhibits.

Location

The Osaka Modern Transportation Museum was at Bentencho station on Osaka loop line (JR).

List of Rolling Stock

The following locomotives were on display:
1801 (40), 233, 7105 "Yoshitsune", C62-26, D51-2, EF52-1, DD13-638, DF50-18, DD54-33, units and shinkansen cars.

Other Facilities

In addition there were exhibits, simulators, model railway, maglev, a shop and restaurant. Outside exhibits, pictured, were later covered over.
Also history of planes, ships and cars.

Opening

Since closure on on 6th April 2014, railway exhibits moved to the Kyoto Railway Museum - loco 7105 was the first to move to what was then Umekoji in 2014.

Web Sites

Wikipedia web page

Museum website (English)

Sister Musuem

York's National Railway Museum is a sister museum and now contains an original series Shinkansen driving coach.