List of railway museums

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A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.

Contents 1 Railway museums in Europe 1.1 Austria 1.2 Belgium 1.3 Belarus 1.4 Bulgaria 1.5 Czech Republic 1.6 Denmark 1.7 Finland 1.8 France 1.9 Germany 1.10 Ireland 1.11 Italy 1.12 Luxembourg 1.13 Netherlands 1.14 Norway 1.15 Poland 1.16 Russia 1.17 Serbia 1.18 Slovenia 1.19 Spain 1.20 Sweden 1.21 Switzerland 1.22 United Kingdom 2 Railway museums in North America 2.1 Canada 2.2 United States 3 Railroad museums in Central and South America 3.1 Guatemala 3.2 Mexico 4 Railway museums in Asia 4.1 China 4.2 Israel 4.3 India 4.4 Indonesia 4.5 Japan 4.6 Pakistan 4.7 South Korea 4.8 Taiwan 5 Railway museums in Australasia 5.1 Australia 5.2 New Zealand 6 Railway museums in Africa 6.1 South Africa 6.2 Zambia 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Railway museums in Europe

[edit] Austria

• Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna

[edit] Belgium

• Chemin de Fer des trois vallées [1]

[edit] Belarus

• Brest Railway Museum

[edit] Bulgaria

• National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

[edit] Czech Republic

• National Technical Museum (Prague)
• Czech Railway Museum at Lužná (Rakovník District)

[edit] Denmark

• Danish Railway Museum

[edit] Finland

• Finnish Railway Museum
• Jokioinen Museum Railway

[edit] France

• Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français
• Musée Français du Chemin de Fer

[edit] Germany

• Augsburg Railway Park, Augsburg, Bavaria
• Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil, Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Bavarian Localbahn Society, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Bavaria
• Bavarian Railway Museum, Nördlingen, Bavaria
• Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz, Ebermannstadt, Bavaria
• Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum, Darmstadt, Hesse
• DB Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• DBK Historic Railway, Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg
• Deutsches Museum, Munich, Bavaria
• Dieringhausen Railway Museum, Dieringhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Dresden Transport Museum, Dresden, Saxony
• Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn, Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg
• Franconian Museum Railway, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• Frankfurt City Junction Line, Frankfurt, Hesse
• Freilassing Locomotive World, Freilassing, Bavaria
• German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
• German Railway Society, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Lower Saxony
• German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, Bavaria
• Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum, Hanover, Lower Saxony
• Historic Railway, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
• Mellrichstadt-Fladungen railway, Fladungen, Bavaria
• Munich Steam Locomotive Company, Munich, Bavaria
• Neustadt/Weinstraße Railway Museum, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Nuremberg Transport Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• Railway Vehicle Preservation Society, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
• Rügen Railway & Technology Museum, Prora, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• Saxon Railway Museum, Chemnitz, Saxony
• Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
• South German Railway Museum, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg
• Stuttgart Straßenbahn Museum Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
• Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Rhineland Palatinate
• Traditionsbetriebswerk Staßfurt, Stassfurt, Saxony-Anhalt
• Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg

[edit] Ireland

• Donegal Railway Centre

[edit] Italy

• Pietrarsa railway museum

[edit] Luxembourg

• Train 1900 [2]

[edit] Netherlands

• Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik
• Stoom Stichting Nederland
• Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
• Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum

[edit] Norway

• Trondheim Tramway Museum
• Norsk Jernbanemuseum

[edit] Poland

• Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja

[edit] Russia

• Varshavsky Rail Terminal at St Petersburg
• St Petersburg Outdoor Train Museum [3]
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal at Moscow
• Seyatel' station at Novosibirsk
• Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don
• Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod
• Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
• Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)

[edit] Serbia

• Railway Museum in Belgrade

[edit] Slovenia

• Slovenian Railway Museum

[edit] Spain

• Azpeitia Railway Museum (Basque Railway museum)
• Gijón Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarill de Asturias)
• Railway Museum in Madrid (Museo del Ferrocarril)
• Railway Museum in Vilanova (Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya)(Catalonia Railway Museum)

[edit] Sweden

• Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn - [4]
• Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö - [5]
• Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
• Stockholms Spårvägsmuseum, Stockholm - [6]
• Swedish Railway Museum, Gävle - [7]
• Upsala-Lenna Jernväg

[edit] Switzerland

• Blonay-Chamby

[edit] United Kingdom

• Amberley Working Museum
• Anson Engine Museum
• Astley Green Colliery Museum
• Barrow Hill Engine Shed
• Beamish Museum
• Bressingham Steam & Gardens
• Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum
• Conwy Valley Railway Museum
• Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
• Didcot Railway Centre
• Hopetown Carriage Works
• Monkwearmouth Station Museum
• National Railway Museum
• North Woolwich Old Station Museum
• Pendon Museum
• Port Erin railway museum
• The Railway Age
• Rushden Station Railway Museum
• Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
• Shildon Locomotion Museum
• Stephenson Railway Museum
• Swindon Steam Railway Museum
• Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
• Vale of Alford Railway
• Walthamstow Pump House Museum

[edit] Railway museums in North America

[edit] Canada

• Alberta Railway Museum
• Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
• Canadian Railway Museum
• Elgin County Railway Museum
• Port Moody Station Museum
• Railway Coastal Museum
• Saskatchewan Railway Museum
• Winnipeg Railway Museum

[edit] United States

• Arkansas Railroad Museum
• B&O Railroad Museum
• Bellingham Railway Museum
• Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
• Colorado Railroad Museum
• Danbury Railway Museum
• Durand Union Station
• East Troy Electric Railroad Museum
• Fox River Trolley Museum
• Galesburg Railroad Museum
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum
• Great Plains Transportation Museum
• Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Indiana Transportation Museum
• Kentucky Railway Museum
• Lake Superior Railroad Museum
• Medina Railroad Museum
• Monticello Railway Museum
• National Railroad Museum
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
• Nevada Northern Railway Museum
• Niles Canyon Railway
• Northwest Railway Museum
• Ohio Railway Museum(The)
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
• Queponco Railway Station
• Railroad Museum of New England
• Railroad Museum of South Florida
• Railroaders Memorial Museum
• Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
• Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
• Roundhouse Railroad Museum
• Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
• Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources
• South Coast Railroad Museum
• Southeastern Railway Museum
• Southern Michigan Railroad Society
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
• The Western Mining and Railroad Museum
• Travel Town Museum
• Western America Railroad Museum
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum
• Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
• Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
• Wyoming Transportation Museum

[edit] Railroad museums in Central and South America

[edit] Guatemala

• Guatemala City Railway Museum
• Museo del Ferrocarril Guatemala City

[edit] Mexico

• Ferrocarril Interoceánico

[edit] Railway museums in Asia

[edit] China

• China Railway Museum
• Hong Kong Railway Museum

[edit] Israel

• Israel Railway Museum

[edit] India

• National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India .
• Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

[edit] Indonesia

• Taman Mini, Jakarta - Indonesia
• Ambarawa Railway Museum, Central Java, Indonesia. [8]

[edit] Japan

• JR Central Museum in Nagoya (scheduled to open in spring 2011)
• Modern Transportation Museum in Bentencho, Minato-ku, Osaka
• The Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
• Sakuma Rail Park, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
• Tobu Museum, in Sumida, Tokyo
• Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma

[edit] Pakistan

• Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

[edit] South Korea

• Korea Railroad Museum
• Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County

[edit] Taiwan

• Miaoli Railway Museum

[edit] Railway museums in Australasia

[edit] Australia

• Archer Park Railway Station
• Lachlan Valley Railway
• Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum
• New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere and Valley Heights
• National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide), Port Dock, Adelaide
• Steamtown, Peterborough ^[1]
• Canberra Railway Museum ^[2]
• Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Railway museums in Africa

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[edit] South Africa

• Outeniqua Transport Museum in George, South Africa

[edit] Zambia

• Railway Museum in Livingstone, Zambia

[edit] See also

• List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
• List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines
• List of museums

[edit] References

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