Romney Railway (Izu)
Japan /
Shizuoka /
Shimizu /
Izu /
Shuzenji, 4279-3
World
/ Japan
/ Shizuoka
/ Shimizu
World / Japan / Shizuoka
railway, ride, narrow gauge railway
The Shuzenji Romney Railway is a 1 ft 3 in (381 mm) gauge pleasure line located in Niji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) in Izu, Shizuoka, on the Izu Peninsula in Japan. It is based on the English Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway on the English Channel coast in Kent, which opened in 1925. 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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuzenji_Romney_Railway
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°58'32"N 138°54'25"E
- Numazu Train Station 15 km
- Mishima Station 17 km
- JR Atami Station 21 km
- Manazuru Train Station 29 km
- Nebukawa Train Station 33 km
- Odawara Station 39 km
- Kōzu station 44 km
- Higashishizuoka Station 45 km
- shizuoka station 47 km
- Kanaya station 74 km
- Shuzenji Nijino Sato 0.1 km
- Romney Railway Parking Lot 0.5 km
- Shuzenji Elementary School 1.1 km
- Shuzenji-onsen 1.6 km
- Shuzenji Minami Elementary School 4 km
- Shuzenji Junior High School 4.1 km
- Izusogo High School 4.6 km
- Shida stadium baseball field 7.6 km
- Izu Peninsula 13 km
- Suruga Bay 35 km