Abstract
HIRAOKA WORKS was found by Mr. Hiroshi HIRAOKA in 1889. He was born at Tokyo in 1856 and studied about rolling stock building at Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phiradelphia, USA. After returned Japan, he began to build rolling stock (passenger and freight cars) at Shimbashi Works of Japanese Imperial Government Railway (JIGR). HIRAOKA WORKS was started its business at the Arsenal of Tokyo. Passenger and freight cars, railway structures and ordnance were supplied for users. Rolling stock supplied for not only JIGR but also many other private railways as Nippon Railway, Sangu Railway and so on. In this report, 1) Outline and short history of the Arsenal of Tokyo, 2) Products of HIRAOKA WORKS, are explained.
