List of operational steam locomotives in Japan

The museum is now owned by JR West, and two of the eight operational locomotives, C57 1 and D51 200, also haul tourist trains on the Yamaguchi Lines.

Since the early 2000s, multiple locomotives on display have been converted to run on compressed air instead of steam.

This method has been popular with small municipalities that want to create a tourist attraction but cannot afford to pay for the restoration and maintainance of boilers.

Future prime minister Shigeru Ishiba chose to drive the DD16 in the same programme.

[32] The City of Ena has established a committee to conduct a feasibility study on restoring the locomotive, along with another C12 locomotive preserved in the city, to mainline operational condition powered by steam by the time the Chuo Shinkansen opens.

Eight operational steam locomotives are based at the 1914-built roundhouse of the Kyoto Railway Museum , with twelve other locomotives on static display. [ 1 ]