Modern Transportation Museum

The Modern Transportation Museum (Japanese: 交通科学博物館 Kōtsū Kagaku Hakubutsukan) was a railway museum located in Minato, Osaka, Japan. It was located next to Bentenchō Station on the Osaka Loop Line and featured exhibits such as rolling stock, automobiles, a prototype SCMaglev locomotive and a Walter HWK 109-509A-2 engine from a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. It was owned by the West Japan Railway Company.
The Modern Transportation Museum was closed on 6 April 2014, with most vehicles on exhibit moved to what would become the Kyoto Railway Museum, it taking over the status of JR West's corporate railway museum; some exhibits were moved to other minor railway museums.
==Exhibits==
===Maglevs===
Photograph	Number	Class	Manufacturer 	Build date	Arrival at museum	Status
 	ML-500	ML500	Railway Technology Research Institute	1977 	1981 	Moved to Railway Technology Research Institute
===Steam locomotives===
Photograph	Number 	Class	Manufacturer 	Build date	Arrival at museum	Status
 	233 	230 	Kisha Seizō 	1903 	1967 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	1801 	1800 	Kitson and Company	1881 	1964 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	7105 Yoshitsune	7100 	H.K. Porter, Inc. 	1880 	1991 	Moved to Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in 1997
 	C53 45 	C53 	Kisha Seizō 	1928 	1962 	Moved to Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in 1972
 	C62 26 	C62 	Kawasaki Sharyō 	1948 	1966 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	D51 2 	D51 	Kawasaki Sharyō 	1935 	1972 	Moved to Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum
===Diesel locomotives===
Photograph	Number 	Class	Manufacturer 	Build date	Arrival at museum	Status
 	912-64 	912 	Nippon Sharyo 	1967 	Unknown 	Front portion only, moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	DD13 638	DD13 	Nippon Sharyo 	1967 	1986 	Moved to Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum
 	DD54 33 	DD54 	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	1971 	1984 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	DF50 18 	DF50 	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	1958 	1984 	Moved to Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum
===Electric locomotives===
Photograph	Number 	Class	Manufacturer 	Build date	Arrival at museum	Status
 	EF52 1 	EF52 	Hitachi 	1928 	1978 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	EF66 10	EF66 	Kawasaki Sharyō	1968 	Unknown 	Front portion only, moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
===Electric multiple units===
Photograph	Number 	Class 	Previous set(s)	Manufacturer 	Build date	Arrival at museum	Status
 	21-1 	0 Series Shinkansen	C, N1, H1 	Nippon Sharyo	1964 	1978 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	16-1 	0 Series Shinkansen	C, N1, H1 	Nippon Sharyo	1964 	1978 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
No image 	35-1 	0 Series Shinkansen	N2, H2 	Nippon Sharyo	1964 	1978 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	22-1 	0 Series Shinkansen	C, N1, H1 	Nippon Sharyo	1964 	1978 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	KuHa 86001	80 series 	- 	Hitachi 	1950 	1986 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
 	MoHa 80001	80 series 	- 	Hitachi 	1950 	1986 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
===Diesel multiple units===
Photograph	Number 	Class 	Previous set(s)	Manufacturer 	Build date	Arrival at museum	Status
 	KiHa 81 3	KiHa 81 series	- 	Nippon Sharyo	1960 	1980 	Moved to Kyoto Railway Museum
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