The Mojikō Retro Kankō Line is classified as a "specific purpose railway business" (特定目的鉄道事業, tokutei mokuteki tetsudō jigyō) under the Railway Business Act of Japan as it does not purport to transport daily passengers or freight.

[citation needed] As of 1 April 2016[update], the railway operates a fleet of 12 single-car 400 series diesel railcars (numbered 401 to 412) and one 500 series diesel railcar (numbered 501).

[3] The former 300 series DMU cars operated by the railway were withdrawn December 2010.

On October 1, 1989 it assumed the operations of its three lines, which were formerly part of the JR Kyushu network.

[1] On April 26, 2009 the company started the operation of the Mojikō Retro Kankō Line, a short railway for tourists in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū.