On the other hand, JNR, taking the "100th Railroad Anniversary" in 1972 as a turning point, also began to preserve steam locomotives in a permanently dynamic state and opened the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in the vicinity of Kyoto Station during October of the same year.
一方、国鉄も1972年の鉄道100年を契機に蒸気機関車の恒久的な動態保存に乗り出し、同年10月に京都駅近くに梅小路蒸気機関車館を開館する。