On "The Railway of Time, a series of station signs carries us back to the train depots of days gone by, representing the collective experiences of the city, and inspiring us all to recall our on railroad stories. These station signs revive the long-vanished rail lines that once passed by here.. connecting the thread of history, and standing. as markers of the imagination. On top of each station sign. building-block reproductions of scenes from the past enable us all to relive the enchanting times when these stations were still in operation. Originally the Taiwan Provincial Machinery. Bureau during the governorship of Liu Mingchuan in the late Qing Dynasty, this site Inter became the offices of the Japanese colonial Railway Department the predecessor of today s Taiwan Railways Administration. To this day, many of the older generation of Taiwan Railway workers still refer to this building by its Japanese-era name.