 The project was revived in 1917 by noted entrepreneur Yasuda Zenjirō, who used the financial resources of the Yasuda zaibatsu to fund over half of the construction costs, and who imported two steam locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to run on the new line.The Kominato Railway was founded on 31 May 1917, opening the initial section of the line from to on 7 May 1925.The line was extended to on 1 September 1926, and reached its present eastern terminus at on 16 May 1928.