After leaving Shikoku Railway Cultural Center, I went to Tadotsu Station, the junction between Yosan Line and Dosan Line.
Tadotsu Town, Kagawa Prefecture, has been important since Sanuki Railway Line (the present part of Yosan Line and Dosan Line) opened in 1889. The railway factory stands near Tadotsu Station, and people transferred between the ships from Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and the trains between 1903 and 1910. Among the present railways managed by JR Shikoku, Sanuki Railway Line is the oldest.
Near the station along the railway, a Class 8620 steam locomotive 58685 (466th) is exhibited. The locomotive was manufactured in 1922, as old as 58654 (435th), serving as "SL Hitoyoshi" on JR Kyushu Hisatsu Line.
I photographed the locomotive and the in-service trains.