On a recent trip to Japan, my partner and I visited the Kyoto Railway Museum (https://www.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/ ), which features many of the trains and predecessors listed in the OP.

Seeing it at the end of the trip after riding so many different trains made it especially impactful. Two highlights were the massive 100ft-wide railway diorama and the working vintage steam trains, which they drive (run?) out onto a turntable before rotating and returning to their stalls.

Well worth a visit if you’re ever in Kyoto.

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lmm 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That's JR West, so unlikely to have much from JR Kyushu I would think?

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socalgal2 an hour ago | parent [-]

It might have nothing to do with JR Kyushu but JR West isnt't everything or even the majority of train service in Kyoto. Kyoto has at least 8 train companies, Keihan, Kintetsu, Hankyu, JR West, Keifuku, Eizan, Sagano, and the Kyoto Subway. Japan has over 100. The museum does not appear at a glance to affilated with any particular one - though I only glanced

Kyushu has 16 train companies

	▲	lmm an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The museum is owned/funded by JR West (at least if you believe Wikipedia). It has their logo on the about page https://www.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/about/ .