Japanese railway monument

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A Japanese railway monument ( Japanese 鉄 道 記念 物 , Tetsudō kinenbutsu ) designates important objects and historical cultural assets of the Japanese railway system , which are appropriately identified in a formal procedure.

Steam locomotive No. 1, the first Japanese railway monument

Facility

The basis is the "Guideline for the Protection of Railway Monuments " ( 鉄 道 記念 物 等 保護 基準 ) of the General Director of the Japanese State Railways . Since 1958, according to a system created in this way, historically significant objects of the railway system have been declared as Japanese railway monuments to technical monuments that are to be preserved.

After the privatization of the Japanese State Railways in 1987, the existing monuments were handed over to the successor companies of Japan Railways , which then did not award any awards for a long time. After a break of 32 years, the West Japan Railway Company began in 2004 to designate the "reserved monuments" ( 準 鉄 道 記念 物 , jun-tetsudō kinenbutsu , literally: "quasi-railway monument ") as a memorial during this break . This was followed in 2010 by the Hokkaido Railway Company by declaring objects to be "Japanese Railway Monuments".

overview

The "Guideline for the Protection of Railway Monuments" makes it possible to declare the following to be a "Japanese Railway Monument":

  1. Historical cultural assets of high value, such as old documents, rail vehicles, buildings and other facilities of the railway infrastructure , which may belong to the state railway but also to others.
  2. Objects that document the development of all railway facilities, such as signs, work materials and uniforms that may belong to the state railway or to others.
  3. Historically significant objects related to the development of the railroad, such as objects from the estate ( iseki ) of deceased who have made a contribution to the development of the railroad (including their tombs) and all places that were associated with the origins of the orals Tradition related to the railroad.

At the same time, the persons who are entrusted with the maintenance of the designated "Japanese Railway Monuments" are determined. From 1958 to 2010, the declaration of objects as a "Japanese Railway Monument" was generally made on "Railway Memorial Day" (today: "Railway Day", 鉄 道 の 日 ) on October 14th. During this time, the 43 subsequent artefacts were declared a railway monument.

Declared monuments


Year of admission		 monument Location photo
1958 Steam locomotive number 1 ( JR class 150 ) Railway Museum Saitama , Saitama Prefecture
JR series 150
1958 Passenger car number 1 (imperial property) Saitama Railway Museum, Saitama Prefecture
Passenger car number 1
1958 Steam locomotive ( JR class 7100 ) Saitama Railway Museum, Saitama Prefecture
7191 steam locomotive
1958 Nagahama old train station Nagahama Railway Square
1958 Japanese Railways Zero Point ( 0 哩 ポ ス ト ) Site of the old Shiodome train station
1959 Yoshimitsu tank locomotive (JR1290 series) Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1959 Passenger car number 5 (imperial saloon car ) Meiji Mura Open Air Museum
1959 Passenger car number 6 (imperial saloon car) Meiji Mura Open Air Museum
1959 Old railway documents Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1959 Class of a locomotive manufactured in the Fief Saga Saga Prefecture Museum
1960 Time bell of Osaka station Science Museum of Transport, Osaka , Osaka Prefecture
1960 East entrance of the old Ōsakayama tunnel Ōtsu , Shiga Prefecture
East entrance of the old Ōsakayama tunnel
1960 Engine shed on the old Temiya line Otaru Museum , Hokkaidō
Engine shed on the old Temiya line
1960 Avalanche protection wall Nobeji Near Nobeji Station on the Tōhoku Main Line , Aomori Prefecture
1961 "Land development" passenger car ( 開拓 使 号 客車 ) Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1961 Class JR110 steam locomotive Ōme Railway Park Ōme
1961 Railway switch number 29 of the old Nagahama Railway Station Nagahama Railway Square
1962 Gravesite of the English railway engineer Edmund Morel Cemetery for foreigners in Yokohama
1962 Protection wall against drifting sand in Akita Near Katsurane Station on the Uetsu Main Line
1962 Steam railcar number 6401 SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, Nagoya , Aichi Prefecture
Steam railcar number 6401
1962 Handwritten manuscript by Saionji Kinmochi explaining the Rail Nationalization Act Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1963 Imperial saloon car number 2 Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1963 Documents from the Japanese railway engineer Satō Masayasu Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1964 With rack system electric locomotive powered number 10000 Memorial at Karuizawa Old Railway Station, Karuizawa , Nagano Prefecture
1964 Inoue Masaru's tomb Tōkai-ji Temple Cemetery in Shinagawa , Tokyo Prefecture
1964 Apparatus of the Webb and Thomason Electronic Passage Certification System ( ウ エ ブ ・ エ ン ド ・ ト ム ソ ン 式 電 気 通 票 器 ) Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1965 Old Rokugogawa iron bridge Meiji Mura Open Air Museum and Employee Training Center in Mishima ( 三島 社員 研修 セ ン タ ー ), Okayama Prefecture
1967 Signal bell of the Ikimaru ferry of the Ministry of Railways Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1967 Imperial saloon car number 7 Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1967 Iyo Railway Company's number 1 locomotive Baishin-ji Temple Iyo Park, Ehime Prefecture
Iyo Railway Company's number 1 locomotive
1969 Imperial saloon car number 9 Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1969 Imperial saloon car number 10 Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1969 Imperial saloon car number 12 Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
1969 State railway bus number 1 SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, Nagoya , Aichi Prefecture
1972 Electric car number 6141 Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
2004 Gikei steam locomotive (class JR7100) Umekoji Museum of Steam Locomotives, Kyōto , Kyōto Prefecture
2004 Steam locomotive number 1800 Transportation Science Museum, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
2004 Steam locomotive number 230 Transportation Science Museum, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Steam locomotive 230
2004 Electric locomotive number 1 (class JR EF52) Transportation Science Museum, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
2008 Shinkansen class 0 cars (21-1, 16-1, 35-1, 22-1) Transportation Science Museum, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
2010 Shizuka steam locomotive (class JR7100) Otaru Museum, Hokkaidō
Shizuka steam locomotive
2010 Passenger car number 1 Otaru Museum, Hokkaidō
2010 Steam locomotive "Taishō" (class JR7150) Otaru Museum, Hokkaidō

"Reserved" monuments

The declaration of the monuments by the two successor societies essentially follows the same principle as previously determined, but takes more local aspects into account. The listing is sorted chronologically according to the year in which an artifact was marked as a quasi-memorial.

  • 1963
    • Helmet-shaped jewelry at the entrance and exit of the Yotsuya Tunnel - Storage location: Saitama Railway Museum, Saitama Prefecture
    • Fountain in the shape of a young man ( 噴水 小僧 ) - Location: Osaka Station property
    • Besshi Locomotive Number 1 - Repository: Besshi Copper Mine Memorial, Niihama , Ehime Prefecture
  • 1964
    • Snow plow (snow blower) number 601 - Location: Museum Otaru, Hokkaidō
  • 1966
Marking point of the opening of the Hokkaido Railway
  • 1968
    • ED40 series electric locomotive - Location: Saitama Railway Museum, Saitama Prefecture
  • 1971
Class C57139 steam locomotive
  • 1975
Class D51488 locomotive
  • 1980
    • Tomb of John England - Location: Cemetery for Foreigners, Yokohama
    • John Diack's Grave - Location: Foreign Cemetery, Yokohama
    • Grave of Theodor Shann? ( T ・ シ ャ ン ) - Location: Cemetery for Foreigners, Yokohama
    • Charles Kingston Tomb - Location: Foreigner Cemetery, Yokohama
    • Henry Horten Tomb - Location: Cemetery for Foreigners, Yokohama
    • Class ED161 locomotive - Ōme Railway Park
  • 1981
    • Class 52 electric car number 1 - Location: Suita factory of the West Japan Railway Company
  • 1983
    • Class DF501 locomotive - kept at: Shikoku Railway Museum ( 四 国 鉄 道 文化館 ), Saijō , Ehime Prefecture
  • 1986
    • Class 86 Number 1 and Class 80 Number 1 S-Bahn multiple units - Location: Science Museum of Transport, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
    • Class 81 Number 3 Railcar - Location: Transportation Science Museum, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
  • 2006
    • Group of steam locomotives and the associated buildings in Umekoji - Storage location: Museum of Steam Locomotives Umekoji
  • 2010
    • Electric locomotive class ED75 number 501 - Location: Museum Otaru, Hokkaidō
    • Class 82 railcar number 1 - Location: Otaru Museum, Hokkaidō
    • Krauss steam locomotive number 15 - location: Hotaru Hall of the Horoshin thermal springs
    • Kimaroki snow blower - Location: in front of the Kitakuni Museum in Nayoro , Hokkaidō
    • Group of reinforced concrete arch bridges of the Shihoru Line of the old Japanese State Railways - Location: Kamishihoru
    • Building of the old Muroran train station - Location: Muroran , Hokkaidō
    • Main building of Otaru Station - Location: Otaru
    • Hokkaidō Railway Technology Building - Location: Naebo Factory ( 苗 穂 工場 ) of the Hokkaido Railway Company , Sapporo
    • Class C62 steam locomotive, number 3 - kept at: Naebo Factory ( 苗 穂 工場 ) of the Hokkaido Railway Company , Sapporo
    • Iwamizawa Rail Center - Location: Iwamizawa , Hokkaidō
  • 2012
    • Steam locomotive number 21 of the Anemiya Forest Railway - storage location: Engaru, Hokkaidō (Maruseppu Forest and Recreation Park 丸 瀬 布森林 公園 い こ い の 森 )

Remarks

  1. ↑ Railway monuments in the sense of the term kinenbutsu are not identical with the memorials designated with the same term according to the classification of the Japanese Cultural Property Protection Act .
  2. ↑ The name is derived from the purpose of the railway that was put into operation in 1880 to open up Hokkaidō .

Web links

Commons : Railway Monuments of Japan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : "Reserved" Railway Monuments  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 展示 資料 紹 介 ( Memento from September 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ 準 鉄 道 記念 物 の 新 規 指定 に つ い て . (PDF) Hokkaido Railway Company , October 11, 2012, accessed July 12, 2014 (Japanese).