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Sakuradani Light Railway - Wikipedia

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Kaze-No-Toge Station on the Sakuradani Light Railway in February 2013, with electric cars 1408 and 10 visible

The Sakuradani Light Railway (桜谷軽便鉄道, Sakuradani Keiben Tetsudō) is a privately owned, ridable 15 in (381 mm) gauge electric garden railway in the Toyono District of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

The Sakuradani Light Railway was built as a hobby by Setsuo Mochimoto (持元節夫), who had been interested in model trains since his childhood, but started building a full-size railway in the 1990s.^[1] Visitors are allowed to drive the trains. The 150 metres (490 ft) long loop of the Minamiyama Line stops at the single-track platform of Sakuradani Station (桜谷駅) and the double-track platform of Kaze-No-Tōge Station (風の峠駅).^[2] In total, the track has 13 switches. An overhead line is used to transmit electricity at 36 volts DC to trams and locomotives.^[2] The shorter Lower Line, which is not connected to the Minamiyama Line, runs at a lower level and has a length of 165 feet (50 m).^[3]

The railway opens to the public on the afternoon on the first Sunday every month.^[1] It is named after a mine that was once located there.^[3]

Rolling stock

As of August 2015^[update], the following rolling stock is used on the line.^[4]

Number	Type	Date built	Power output	Livery	Remarks
16	Flat wagon	July 1996	-
2	Battery locomotive	May 1997	100 W	Yellow
7	Battery locomotive	May 2000	116 W	Black	Built to resemble a steam locomotive.
8	Steam locomotive	November 2000	0.2 hp	Black
301	Passenger coach	December 2001	-	Brown & cream
DeKi 12	Electric locomotive	January 2004	232 W	Black	Built to resemble a Kusagaru Electric Railway locomotive.
150	Passenger coach	July 2004	-	Vermillion & cream
HoTo 71	Open wagon	November 2004	-	Black	Built to resemble a Kusagaru Electric Railway wagon.
MoHa 1408	Electric car	May 2005	220 W	Blue & cream	Built to resemble an Akiu Electric Railway car.
DeKi 3	Electric locomotive	July 2006	270 W	Dark green	Steeple-cab type.
201	Passenger coach	July 2008	-	Blue & cream
OHa 7	Passenger coach	December 2009	-	Green & cream
10	Electric car	August 2011	600 W	Vermillion & cream	Built to resemble a Ueda Electric Railway car.
KiHa D11	Gasoline-driven car	June 2012	300 W	Blue & cream	Built to resemble a Shizuoka Railway car.
ED51	Electric locomotive	April 2013	600 W	Maroon
OHa 8	Passenger coach	November 2013	-	Green & cream	Rebuilt from KiHa 3.
-	Handcar	August 2015	-	Green & cream

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kanda, Tsuyoshi (5 July 2012). 【桜谷軽便鉄道】小さな列車に大きな夢 [The Sakuradani Light Railway: A small railway with big dreams]. Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Otake, Naoki (5 June 2015). あなたも運転できる！「桜谷軽便鉄道」は鉄道ファンの夢の終着駅 [You can drive too! The Sakuradani Light Railway is the final stop of a train enthusiast's dream]. Sankei West (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun and Sankei Digital. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Introduction with map of Sakuradani station & Kaze-No-Touge station.
^ 桜谷軽便鉄道の車両たち2015 [Sakuradani Light Railway rolling stock 2015] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sakuradani Light Railway. August 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

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