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Seibu Yamaguchi Line

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2-433: The Yamaguchi Line ( 山口線 , Yamaguchi-sen ) of Seibu Railway is a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) manually-driven rubber-tyred people mover that runs between Tamako in Higashimurayama, Tokyo and Seibukyūjō-mae in Tokorozawa, Saitama in Japan. The line has an official nickname Leo Liner , after 'Leo', the hero of Kimba the White Lion , who is also the mascot of Saitama Seibu Lions baseball team. The line

4-442: Is the only people mover that is operated by one of Japan's major private railway companies . In 1950, the predecessor of the line opened as an attraction ride called Fantasy Train ( おとぎ列車 , Otogi Ressha ) , running through the amusement area developed by Seibu Railway and its allies. Battery-powered locomotives were used at the time, running on 762 mm ( 2 ft 6 in ) gauge track. In 1952, it legally became

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