Railway Park Museum: Near-Realistic Landscapes | JAPAN Forward

A “museum full of memories and dreams”, the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park (Minato-ku, Nagoya) is mesmerizing visitors with its grandiose railroad diorama exhibition. The third video will be Near-realistic Landscapes.

Around 200 train cars in the form of both bullet trains and conventional lines run throughout the largest diorama in Japan, which measures 220 square meters in total area size. The trains can be freely maneuvered and never collide as they are operated with an original digital operating system developed specifically for the diorama. The system’s operation is modeled after an actual railway’s digital ATC system (digital automatic train control system). Therefore, the automatic brake function is applied when trains come too close to one another.

The diorama also has some of Japan’s popular “characters” hidden throughout the display. Looking for the “hidden character” miniatures is another fun way to enjoy the exhibition.

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