Shuzenji Romney Railway


The Shuzenji Romney Railway is a 1.2 km, gauge ridable miniature railway located in Niji-no-Sato in Izu, Shizuoka, on the Izu Peninsula in Japan. It is Japan's first 15-inch gauge railway. It is based on the English Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway on the English Channel coast in Kent, which opened in 1927. The railway operates using a mixture of steam and diesel locomotives and enclosed saloon carriages. Its primary two steam engines were built by the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England, and are based on that line's 1976 Northern Rock 2-6-2 steam locomotive. Its No. 2 locomotive Ernest W. Twining was acquired from the Fairbourne Railway in Wales when that line converted to gauge. There is also a small 15-inch gauge railway museum.

Locomotives

No.NameLiveryLocomotive typeWheel ArrangementBuilderYear builtStatus
1Northern Rock IIHighland Railway greenSteam2-6-2Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway1989In traffic
2Ernest W. TwiningDark blueSteam4-6-2G & S Co.1950Static display
3John Southland IITwo-tone redDieselB-B DMTMA Engineering1988In traffic
4CumbriaBrunswick greenSteam2-6-2Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway1992In traffic
5City of BirminghamTwo-tone greenDiesel0-6-0 DMTMA Engineering1992In traffic
C11 328BlackSteam2-6-4TKanazawa Institute of Technology1995Static display