Forest Narrow Railway Festival in Japan

The Otaki forest railway festival was held in 2013 at Matsubara sport park, Otaki village, Nagano Prefecture. At this place, the locos and cars of Kiso forest railway are being stored by a volunteers. Kiso forest railway was used by forest service to support the logging of Japanese cypress "Hinoki" forests in the region. They had a network of 400km of 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge in Kiso Valley. But, the transport of forest railway decreased owing to a development in truck transportation. So, Otaki forest railway closed from 1975 to 1979. The Otaki forest railway festival is held once in few years. And they operates precious locos and cars.

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0:00 The switching in the morning
12:12 Running of the staff carriers
15:54 Running of the wood freight train
23:25 Running of the fuel freight train
33:45 Experiential session of the passenger train
42:04 Experiential session of the staff carriers
48:06 Running of the passenger train

Locos
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No.132 5t Diesel Loco
Manufactured in 1960
Manufacturer : SAKAI Works Co., LTD. [SAKAI Heavy Industries, LTD.]
Engine : Shin-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD. Type KE-21 5,800cc Inline-four

No.142 5t Diesel Loco
Manufactured in 1979
Manufacturer : HOKURIKU Heavy Industries, LTD.
Engine : Isuzu Motors Ltd. Type DA640 inline-six
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Staff carriers
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Orange staff carrier car for Dam Maintenance
Manufactured in 1979
Manufacturer : IWASAKI Rail Industries Co., LTD.
Car-owner of the time : The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated

No.4 5t staff carrier car
Manufactured in 1950
Manufacturer : SAKAI Works Co., LTD. [SAKAI Heavy Industries, LTD.]
Engine : TOYOTA Type R60

No.14 5t staff carrier car
Manufactured in 1952
Manufacturer : SAKAI Works Co., LTD. [SAKAI Heavy Industries, LTD.]
Engine : Prince Motors, Ltd. Type G1 1,484cc Inline-four
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Passenger car
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Type B passenger car
Manufactured in 1961 (Bogie)
Manufacturer : IWASAKI Rail Industries Co., LTD. (Bogie)
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