The Shuzenji Romney Railway is a 1.2 kilometer, 15 inch gauge ridable miniature railway at Niji-no-Sato, Rainbow Park, in Izu, Shizuoka, on Japan's Izu Peninsula, and is Japan's first 15 inch gauge railway. Its design was inspired by England's Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, which opened in Kent in 1927, and it runs both steam and diesel locomotives pulling enclosed passenger cars. Its two main steam locomotives were built by the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England, based on that line's 1976 Northern Rock design, and a further locomotive, the Ernest W. Twining, came from the Fairbourne Railway in Wales when that line converted to a different gauge; the site also includes a small museum devoted to 15 inch gauge heritage. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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