{"id":149509,"date":"2022-10-27T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T02:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=149509&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-10-27T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T02:02:09","slug":"kyushus-last-steam-locomotive-to-be-decommissioned","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushus-last-steam-locomotive-to-be-decommissioned\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu&#8217;s Last Steam Locomotive To Be Decommissioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu announced that the steam locomotive &#8220;SL Hitoyoshi,&#8221; which runs between Tosu and Kumamoto Stations, will end its operation around March 2024 due to the aging of the steam locomotive No. 58654, which was built in 1922 and is the oldest steam locomotive still in service in Japan. It is currently the only SL train still in service in Kyushu. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrkyushu.co.jp\/news\/__icsFiles\/afieldfile\/2022\/10\/24\/221024_SL_hitoyoshi_58654.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGKKZO65437920V21C22A0LXC000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_sl-hitoyoshi_2019_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C932&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu's Last Steam Locomotive To Be Decommissioned\" width=\"1400\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_sl-hitoyoshi_2019_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_sl-hitoyoshi_2019_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_sl-hitoyoshi_2019_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_sl-hitoyoshi_2019_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JR Kyushu announced that the steam locomotive &#8220;SL Hitoyoshi,&#8221; which runs between Tosu and Kumamoto Stations, will end its operation around March 2024 due to the aging of the steam locomotive No. 58654&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":149511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-149509","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/149509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}