Kyushu Railway History Museum

The Kyushu Railway History Museum in Moji occupies the original 1891 Kyushu Railway head office building near the zero-mile marker from which all track distances on Kyushu were once measured. Outside, a row of decommissioned locomotives includes a 1920s steam freight engine and the first locomotive to pass through the Kanmon Tunnel. A passenger car from 1909 with tatami seats is open to walk through. The museum's most popular exhibit is a full-scale train-driving simulator using real controls from a Class 811 train. A large model railway on the first floor recreates actual Kyushu routes and stations in miniature.