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Sakuradani Light Railway
Railway in Osaka, Japan
The Sakuradani Light Railway (桜谷軽便鉄道, Sakuradani Keiben Tetsudō) is a privately owned, ridable 15 in (381 mm) gauge electric garden railway in the Toyono District of Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The Sakuradani Light Railway was built as a hobby by Setsuo Mochimoto (持元節夫), who had been interested in model trains since his childhood, but started building a full-size railway in the 1990s.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Sakuradani Light Railway (桜谷軽便鉄道, Sakuradani Keiben Tetsudō) is a privately owned, ridable 15 in (381 mm) gauge electric garden railway in the Toyono District of Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The Sakuradani Light Railway was built as a hobby by Setsuo Mochimoto (持元節夫), who had been interested in model trains since his childhood, but started building a full-size railway in the 1990s.2
Links
- Websitesakuradani.lightrailway.net/index.html1
- WikipediaSakuradani Light Railway
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ11538215
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsSakuradani Light Railway photo by Ergala, CC BY-SA 3.0