Nara Dreamland Railroad?

Pennyf9Train · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:17 pm

Roy wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:40 am

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 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:44 am

Locoboy5150 wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:10 am

TFN5459 wrote:

Locoboy5150 wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:13 am

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

TFN5459 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:08 am

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

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