{"id":8707,"date":"2017-03-04T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morigen.net\/blog\/?p=8707"},"modified":"2018-09-11T18:52:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T09:52:52","slug":"old-railroad-between-motowanishi-sta-kogane-sta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morigen.net\/blog\/?p=8707&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Old railroad between Motowanishi Sta. – Kogane Sta."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\nMuroran Main Line (\u5ba4\u862d\u672c\u7dda, muroran honsen) started with the construction of the Muroran Line (\u5ba4\u862d\u7dda, muroran sen) that connecting Iwamizawa village (\u5ca9\u898b\u6ca2\u6751, iwamizawa mura) where gathers coal of Sorachi (\u7a7a\u77e5, sorachi) area to Muroran district (\u5ba4\u862d\u90e1, muroran gun) with shipping port by Hokutan (\u5317\u70ad, hokutan) At that time it was not “Hokkaido Coal Mine Steamship” but “Hokkaido Coal Mine Railroad”.<\/SPAN> on

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\r\nOn the Osawa East Line which opened in

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\r\nThe reason is that the flatland along the coast is all landfill, and when this line was opened it was not yet landfilled and had to follow the topography. Except for tunnels with only 2, the old line shows the former coastline.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nTap! I came to Motowanishi Station on the eastern end of the map. Running in board is too pale! JR should better renew it soon.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI\u2019m watching the direction of Wanishi (Higashi-muroran) from the station. As for the Wanishi Station, change the name to Higashi-wanishi, Higashi-muroran as mentioned above, the position also moved, and my talk is going to be long, so I’m going to talk on another occasion. Motowanishi Station vicinity was landfill and almost not reclaimed at the time of opening. Namely trains ran on sea in opening. The embankment was heaped up in the sea, the range of this photo was only with one embankment among sea. At the end of the embankment there was Motowanishi Station. I heard at that time the station building located about 50m north.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nAs soon as I walk towards Jinyamachi Station (\u9663\u5c4b\u753a\u99c5, jin’nyamachi eki) from Motowanishi Station I can see a level crossing. The name is “Kuribayashi Front level crossing (\u6817\u6797\u524d\u8e0f\u5207, Kuribayashi mae humikiri)”. Kuribayashi’s house there is not. It means a company called Kuribayashi Company<\/A> (\u6817\u6797\u5546\u4f1a, kuribayashi sh\u014dkai). In fact, the founder of Kuribayashi Shokai Gosaku Kuribayashi<\/A> (\u6817\u6797\u4e94\u6714, kuribayashi gosaku) contributes to the construction of Osawa Line. There were two proposals when planning the route of Osawa Line, the current plan with the starting point as Oshamambe and the plan near Iburi Line as Kutchan. Mr. Kuribayashi was one of the leading drivers who chose the starting point of Oshamambe of them. In addition, he directly negotiated the Prime Minister Takashi Hara of the time to realize the early launch of Osawa East Line. Moreover, Mr. Kuribayashi built the foundation of the town by reclaiming Motowanishi which was just a cove is land. There are many other achievements, in railroad related, he also developed the Noboribetsu Spa (\u767b\u5225\u6e29\u6cc9, noboribetsu onsen) by laying down the Noboribetsu Spa Train (\u767b\u5225\u6e29\u6cc9\u8ecc\u9053, noboribetsu onsen kid\u014d).<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nNext I can see exclusive line that loads petroleum products from JX Energy Muroran factory into a tank car. Until a few years ago it was a Muroran refinery so it was filled with many tank cars, but now it seems that it is not being used at all because it’s not producing oil.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nMuroran Main Line goes side by side with the exclusive line and after this goes through under the Motowanishi overpass independently and goes out to mountain side of the national road. This overpass was completed in

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\r\nThen the old railroad accrue from here. The current line is double track, but the old line is single line. The trunk line shifted from Hakodate Main Line to Muroran Main Line by the completion of the Osawa Line and transportation volume increased, it gradually became double track since

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\r\nThe current line enters the tunnel soon. The old line didn’t make a tunnel here and passed between the national road and the slope. The tunnel name of the current line is the No.2 Jinya tunnel (\u7b2c2\u9663\u5c4b\u30c8\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb, daini jin’ya tonnel). Length 1,063m. By the way, although it is a double track non-electrification between the Oshamambe Station and Higashi-muroran Station, all tunnels of this section correspond to electrification. The section between Jinyamachi Station – Motowanishi Station that including No.2 Jinya Tunnel was completed at

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\r\nThe old line was embankment and I tried walking over it, but it was interrupted quickly and swallowed by the national road.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI can’t imagine that the former line after became national road was railroad track.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIn the vicinity of the Hakucho Bridge (\u767d\u9ce5\u5927\u6a4b, hakuch\u014d \u014dhashi) there are quite no signs of the railroad.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nEven if Jinyammachi Station approaches, the trace had also gone. In fact, city of Jinyamachi hasn’t traces left because there was a improvement work of the land parcel at the same time as double track construction work.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIt’s Jinyamachi Station of the current line which locate after passed through No.2 Jinya tunnel. Before change it was neighbor the current station. Originally established as a signal station at

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\r\nFrom here, the old railroad is incorporated into Jinya-machi Station and I’ll abridge and write because it will same to yesterday<\/A> for a while. In the vicinity of Jinyamachi Station, the current railroad and the old railroad contact and leave again. And a tunnel. Right one is current Jinya Tunnel (\u9663\u5c4b\u30c8\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb, jin’ya tonneru) 300 length. Left one is old Jinya Tunnel 841.50ft (\u2248256.49m) length.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nGoing through the old Jinya Tunnel, there is port No.1 level crossing (\u5916\u6e2f1\u53f7\u8e0f\u5207, gaik\u014d ichig\u014d humikiri). Although it can not be seen from here, on the right, the current railroad passes through Jinya Tunnel and enters No.2 Sakimori Tunnel (\u7b2c2\u5d0e\u5b88\u30c8\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb, daini sakimori tonneru).<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe railroad ahead is parallel to the road. Until here it same with yesterday.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nBefore the former Old National Road Level Crossing yesterday passed, the old railroad divided as old railroad.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nAfter this, I almost covered the road and proceed while watching Jinyamachirinko Station which I walked a lot on yesterday.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nAfter this, I almost covered the road and proceed while watching Jinyamachirinko Station on the left which I walked a lot on yesterday.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIn past, the embankment still continued, crossing the road with overpass. But I can’t see the embankment at all. It’s Sakimori Bridge of the current railroad that I can see above. The current railroad and the old railroad are overpassing.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nUnder the crossover was Sakimoricho temporary Station located (\u5d0e\u5b88\u4eee\u4e57\u964d\u5834, sakimori kari j\u014dk\u014dj\u014d). This temporary station was established on November 1 1955, switched to the present railroad and was abolished and Sakimori Station was newly established.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nFrom the temporary station, slender vacant lot like a abolished line trace continues, and a tunnel is punched in the end. Motomuroran Tunnel (\u5143\u5ba4\u862d\u30c8\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb, motomuroran tonneru) 2,174.30ft (\u2248662.73m). Current railroad is Motomuroran Tunnel. Old railroad is Motomuroran Tunnel too. Motomuroran from opening time. (“moto” means “past” in Japanese)<\/SPAN> It’s has moto probably because the place where place name “Muroran” originated. As seen in this tunnel, nothing is sealed or backfilled, but something like a secret base is made.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nA mysterious facility on the other side too. Actually this is part of the pipeline that carries heavy oil from the Muroran oil send facility (\u5ba4\u862d\u9001\u6cb9\u6240, muroran s\u014dyu sho, it’s close to Old National Road Crossing)<\/SPAN> to Date power plant in Date City.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nAs I walk forward from front of the tunnel, there is an old abutment of bridge over the Petotoru River (\u30da\u30c8\u30c8\u30eb\u5ddd, petotoru gawa). The embankment in front and behind was also broken down and only the abutment was remained.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIn the ahead Muroran City made a garbage disposal site in

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\r\nOnce past the garbage disposal site there is nothing.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThere is nothing if there is nothing to go no matter how much it goes.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIt finally joined the current railroad near the Muro-Hako Road Line Level Crossing (\u5ba4\u51fd\u7dda\u9053\u8def\u8e0f\u5207, murohako sen d\u014dro humikiri) without anything.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nArrived at the today’s end point, Kogane Station. At the time the station was opened, it was named “Okonshibe Station (\u9ec4\u91d1\u8602\u99c5, okonshibe eki) “, but kanji was too difficult, so name changed to “Kogane” at

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