Coal mine trains in southwestern Japan

Coal mine trains in southwestern Japan

Two electric locomotives, which were used at the now-defunct Miike Coal Mine straddling Fukuoka and Kumamoto prefectures in southwestern Japan, are pictured on July 8, 2023, as they go on public display at a pit in Arao in Kumamoto Prefecture to mark the site's eighth anniversary of its addition to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.

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