About the “Railway” Collection

SIT has a deep connection with railways, as the predecessor of the affiliated junior and senior high school of SIT was “Tokyo Railway Junior High School” established by the Ministry of Railways; formerly Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
SIT got an offer to donate railway materials to our library in October 2013. To consider its effective use and archival, we established the "Library Research Committee of Railway Technology Material” (renamed from “Committee of Railway Technology Collection” in July 2015). Toyosu library have carried out an advanced implementation of collecting, accepting and stringently organizing the donated materials.

An exhibition space for the Railways Collection- “ Shibaura Railway Technology Gallery ”- opened in April 2017 as part of opening ceremony of the high school. The vision of a “Technology Gallery” at the high school coincided with the timing of receiving donated materials to university library, with the Railway Research Club of the high school activity in the operation, ensuring the project proceed smoothly.

Currently, the materials are on display at the gallery with the coordination of the high school and university library.

“Railway” Collection by Classification

Classification	Number of Books	Classification	Number of Books
Travelogue	185	Electric Car, Electric Vehicle and Accessory Vehicle	128
Railroad Engineering	24	Current Collector, Control・Brake Device	2
Line Selection・Construction	15	Operation: Diagram, Speed, Traction	4
Orbital Dynamics, Orbital Structure・Material	3	Signal Protection Device, Railroad Communication	8
Track Maintenance, Maintenance work	5	Railroad Transportation	364
Railroad Station, Station Incidental Facilities	5	Railroad Policy	17
High-Speed Railroad	41	Railroad History	1168
Transportation Engineering	267	Railroad Management	119
Vehicle Industry: Production and Distribution	4	Railway fare: Policy, wage rate	4
Locomotive Engineering, Steam Locomotive	296	Passenger	184
Internal Combustion Locomotive, Diesel Railcar	69	Cargo	79
Electric Locomotive, Other Locomotives	1	Operation, Marshaling, Dispatch, Train Operation, Railroad Accident	96
Railroad Cars, Vehicle Attachment Device, Outfitting	193	Tram, Monorail, Cable Car	93
Electric Railroads	17	Literature	55
Rail Electrification, Electrification Plan	12	Other	506
Train Track, Guide Track, Return Wire	1
Electric Locomotive	48	Total	4,013