During November 2011, I was in a JR office at Nagoya Station buying a ticket for the Shinkansen, and I picked up the brochure for the museum (below). I hope to be able to work it in to my next trip to Japan. I made it back in April 2012. The museum was built by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai).

The museum is located about a 20 minute train ride from JR Nagoya Station. It located at the end of the Aonami Line. From the Kinjofuto station, the museum is a couple minute walk.

Got to the museum just after it opened, before all of the school children arrived on a field trip.

Front Hall

		Class C62 Steam Locomotive
		Expermential Shikansen Class 955
		Expermential Maglev MXL01-1 Superconductive Maglev

Main Hall

		Shinkansen Classifications
		Series 300 Shinkansen Class 323
		Series 300 Shinkansen Class 322
		Series 100 Shinkansen Class 123
		Series 0 Shinkansen Class 21
		Dr. Yellow This is an inspection train that ran at night
		Kuha 381
		Moha 52
		Moha 1
		ED11 2 This locomotive was built by General Electric in October 1922
		ED18 2 This locomotive was built in the United Kingdom
		C57 139
		EF 58 157
		Kiha 82
		Hoji 6005 Steam passenger car
		Oya 31 Structure Gaging Train
		Kuro 381

Views from the balcony

Above the main floor is a viewing balcony, that provides some great overhead views.

Shinkansen simulator

Brochures from the museum

Japanese	English

The gift shop has a great book, in English, that covers all of the locomotives and cars in the museum. I was not expecting this, so I just had to buy one.

Links

Home page of the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park