Narita Yume Bokujo narrow gauge railway
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| Line length | ca. 1⁄3 mile (0.5 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Narita Yume Bokujo narrow gauge railway (Japanese 成田ゆめ牧場軽便鉄道) or Makiba Line (まきば線) is an approximately 1⁄3 mile (0.5 km) long narrow gauge heritage railway with a track gauge of 2 ft (610 mm) near the Japanese City of Narita in Chiba Prefecture. The railway is operated on several days per year by the Rasuchijin Railway Association (羅須地人鉄道協会).[1]
History
The railway is located at Narita Dream Dairy Farm, a 75 acres (30 hectares) agriculture theme park close to Tokyo Narita Airport. Visitors to the farm can watch milk production, and buy ice cream and yoghurt produced there.[2]
Rolling stock
- 0-4-0 Feldbahn steam locomotive No. 3
- 4wDM Kato Works diesel locomotive No. 5
- 0-4-0 Feldbahn steam locomotive No. 6
- 0-4-0 Porter steam locomotive No. 7
- 0-4-0VB Muff Potter vertical boiler No. 11
- Additional locomotives, passenger carriages and goods wagons
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Kato Works diesel locomotive No. 5 -
Muff Potter vertical boiler No. 11
External links
- 羅須地人鉄道協会まきば線によ (Luo Qian Railway Association of the Makiba Line) (Japanese).
- Narita Yume Bokujo - Narita Dream Dairy Farm (English)
References
35°52′03″N 140°23′42″E / 35.867445°N 140.395114°E / 35.867445; 140.395114
