Narrow Gauge Railroads of Japan
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Common Carrier Railroads
No Listings.
Logging Railroads
No Listings.
Mining Railroads
Hokkaido Coal Mining Railway Company.
42in Gauge. Established in 1889 when the state-owned Horonai Coal Mine (幌内炭鉱, Horonai Tankō) and Horonai Railway were sold to the company. The company developed coal mines and transported coal to consumers by its own railways and a fleet of steamships.The railway of the company was nationalized on October 1, 1906 under the Railway Nationalization Act. At this time the company was renamed Hokkaido Colliery & Steamship Co., Ltd. (北海道炭礦汽船, Hokkaidō Tankō Kisen). Today the railroad is part of Hokkaido Railway Company.
Hokkaido, Japan. 1889 - 1906
Industrial Railroads.
Dai Nippon Sugar Refining.
36in Gauge. Industrial operation around a sugar refinery near Osaka, Japan.
Osaka Prefecture, Kansai Region. 1899 - 19XX