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is a railway museum located in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Opened in 1972, the locomotive depot houses 19 steam locomotives. The museum is owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and is operated by Transportation Culture Promotion Foundation. ==Facility== At the center of the museum is a 20-track roundhouse built in 1914. It was built surrounding a turntable, and houses and exhibits the preserved locomotives. The roundhouse is an Important Cultural Property designated by the government of Japan as the oldest reinforced-concrete car shed extant in Japan.〔(Official website of the museum ). Retrieved on August 29, 2009. 〕 Additional historical artifacts are exhibited in a two-story wooden building adjacent to the roundhouse. This is the former station building of Nijō Station in Kyoto. The building was built in 1904 and was moved to the museum grounds in 1997.〔(Official website of the museum ). Retrieved on August 29, 2009. 〕 Short "exhibition operation" excursions are conducted on dedicated track on the museum grounds. Steam trains hauled by either C62, C61, D51 or 8620 class locomotives operate three times a day, making a round-trip on the track in about 10 minutes. Visitors can ride the train for 200 yen (adult).〔(Official website of the museum ). Retrieved on August 30, 2009. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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