A rare wooden passenger car that was built in the Meiji era and ran on a railroad in Kochi Prefecture was to be exhibited again in Sakawa Town, Kochi Prefecture, where it was once exhibited, and the work was carried in.
The four-wheeled wooden second-class passenger car "Ro 481", which was built in the Meiji era and has a length of about 8 meters and a width of about 2 meters and 50 centimeters, will be exhibited in Sakawa Town, Kochi Prefecture.
From the morning of the 8th, the work of bringing in passenger cars was carried out in Sakawa Town, and it took about 6 and a half hours to safely bring it to the newly built exhibition facility.
This wooden passenger car, built in 1897, ran on railways in Kochi prefecture from the Taisho era to the Showa era, and was exhibited in Sakawa-cho after the car was scrapped in 1933, and has been familiar to the townspeople.
However, it was returned to the Japanese National Railways at that time due to deterioration in 1968, and was restored and stored at the Tadotsu Plant in Kagawa Prefecture.
This exhibition was realized by requesting JR Shikoku to be a feature of attracting tourists by Sakawa Town, and is scheduled to be released from the beginning of next month.
Mr. Shuhei Ohara, Deputy Chief of Sakawa Town, who was in charge, said, "I am relieved that I was able to bring it in safely. I want fans and visitors to Sakawa Town to enjoy the historical scenery including passenger cars."