Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. was a Japanese manufacturer of railway rolling stock that existed from 1896 to 1972.1896: Established by Masaru Inoue as the Kisha Seizo Joint Stock Company .
1899: Factory opened in Osaka.
1901: Merged with the Hiraoka Factory , a coach and car maker in Tokyo. The two plants were reorganized as the Osaka Head Office and the Tokyo Branch.
1912: Becomes Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. (汽車製造株式会社) after corporate restructuring.
1936: Head office moved to Tokyo; Osaka Head Office becomes Osaka Branch.
1944: The two branches (factories) renamed Osaka Works and Tokyo Works respectively.
1968: Construction of railway wagon factory in Utsunomiya.
1972: Merged with Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
Works number 11 (JNR locomotive No. 233)
Builder's plate of No. 233
The Kyoto Railway Museum is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum.
The museum entrance in October 2016
The Promenade area in May 2016
Exhibits in the main hall in May 2016
The Main Hall viewed from the second floor in May 2016