Steam Locomotive Information

Here are the notes for Kubiki Railway No. 2, a 0-6-0T located in Jouetsu, Niigata. If you have additional information about this locomotive, and would like to share it, click the Add Note button.

Posted: Jul 24, 2024 @ 21:07:12 by Yuki Taki
Status should be "Display". Kubiki 2 has not been operational since 1976. Initially retired from service at the Kubiki Railway in 1966, the locomotive sat on display from 1967 to 1971, and was leased and overhauled for use at the Seibu Yamaguchi line (a 2.8km amusement park railway, but legally a full-fledged rail line that lasted from 1971 to 1984). Seibu purchased its own locomotives from Taiwan and restored it over the winter of 1976, replacing the leased Kubiki 2 and returning it, cold, to its owners. It has led a comfortable retirement in the Kubikino Rail Park building ever since, being pushed out into the sun when the weather permits during open house events.

Posted: Aug 29, 2022 @ 03:08:23 by Dale W Fickés
By the way, the actual build gauge is 762mm for a locomotive that has not moved from this location since delivery via Otto Reimers!

Posted: Aug 29, 2022 @ 03:08:39 by Dale W Fickés
Niigata is on the western coast of Honshu, Japan. The Kubiki Railway was a 15km line that connected two main-line railways and closed in 1971. It was then re-surected as a park railway that displays former stock, such as 0-6-0T No. 2 at Kubikino Rail Park,257 Kubikiku Hyakukenmachi 257 Kubikiku Hyakukenmachi, Joetsu, Niigata 942-0127, Japan. Access: About 15 minutes from Joetsu IC on the Hokuriku Expressway. See:- https://www.yukiguni-journey.jp/en/3570/


Kubiki Railway 0-6-0T No. 2 Jouetsu, Niigata, Japan	Location: Kubikino Rail Park Status: Display