Nara Dreamland Railroad?

[Pennyf9Train]

Externally, the Benkei does look like a Porter Mogul - but the cab doesn't look like a steam engine. What kind of drive does it have?

most likely a diesel motor in the tender.

[Locoboy5150]

I know several people that have been to Nara Dreamland when it was open but unfortunately none of them are railfans so they don't know anything about the train.

It's a shame that Aska is sitting there rotting away though.

[TFN5459]

I know several people that have been to Nara Dreamland when it was open but unfortunately none of them are railfans so they don't know anything about the train.

It's a shame that Aska is sitting there rotting away though.

It seems that Japan has a lot of random theme parks just abandoned and lost. I know that at Westernland Japan, there is an old Baldwin 0-6-2T from Hawai'i named Waipahu that anyone who went to the Roaring Camp Railroads in the 70s will remember. Hopefully somebody removes all these theme park rides and can relocate them to somewhere better.

[Pennyf9Train]

I know several people that have been to Nara Dreamland when it was open but unfortunately none of them are railfans so they don't know anything about the train.

It's a shame that Aska is sitting there rotting away though.

It seems that Japan has a lot of random theme parks just abandoned and lost. I know that at Westernland Japan, there is an old Baldwin 0-6-2T from Hawai'i named Waipahu that anyone who went to the Roaring Camp Railroads in the 70s will remember. Hopefully somebody removes all these theme park rides and can relocate them to somewhere better.

is that #4? They should send it back to the US

[Pennyf9Train]

doesn't westernland also have a 1926 Porter 2-4-0 named the Virginia?

[TFN5459]

They might, I know the Waipahu was their main power though...

[p51]

I first heard of this park recently and spent an evening trolling google images for photos. I never found any of the train, but I did see their monorail, sitting at the station, dead.

I'd love to be able to walk around in this place...

[Dave Van]

You can really see the Disney in this 1969 home movie.....
http://youtu.be/Kv7UsNsuuaI