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.
Railway museums in Europe [edit]
Austria [edit]
Belgium [edit]
Belarus [edit]
Bulgaria [edit]
Czech Republic [edit]
Denmark [edit]
Finland [edit]
France [edit]
- Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français
- Musée Français du Chemin de Fer
Germany [edit]
- 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
Ireland [edit]
Italy [edit]
- Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia, Milan [1]
- Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia – [2]
- Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin - [3]
- Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese - [4]
- Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste [[5]
- Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples
Luxembourg [edit]
Netherlands [edit]
- Railway Museum
- Stoomtrein Hoorn Medemblik
- Stoom Stichting Nederland
- Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
Norway [edit]
Poland [edit]
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew
- Railway Museum in Chabówka village, near Rabka,a southern Polish town in the Nowy Targ County
- Railway Museum in Kościerzyna is a Polish railway museum located in a now defunct locomotive depot in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
- Railway Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie) is located in the former Warsaw Główna PKP railway terminus.
- Railway and Industry Museum in Jaworzyna Śląska (Muzeum Przemysłu i Kolejnictwa w Jaworzynie Śląskiej) is located in a former steam locomotive depot in Jaworzyna Śląska,Lower Silesian voievodship.
- Wolsztyn Steam Locomotive Roundhouse is the only depot in Europe with everyday scheduled passenger trains driven by steam locomotives.
Portugal [edit]
Russia [edit]
- Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St Petersburg / St Petersburg Outdoor Train Museum [6]
- Rizhsky Rail Terminal / Rizhsky (railroad station) in Moscow [7]
- the Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Rail Terminal Moscow [8]
- Seyatel' station at Novosibirsk [9]
- Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don [10]
- Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod [11]
- Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
- Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)[12]
Serbia [edit]
- Railway Museum in Belgrade
- Narrow Gauge Museum in Pozega
Slovenia [edit]
Spain [edit]
- 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)
Sweden [edit]
- Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn - [13]
- Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö - [14]
- Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
- Spårvägsmuseet, Stockholm - [15]
- Swedish Railway Museum, Gävle - [16]
- Upsala-Lenna Jernväg
Switzerland [edit]
United Kingdom [edit]
Main article: List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
- Alford Valley Railway
- Amberley Working Museum
- Anson Engine Museum
- Astley Green Colliery Museum
- Barrow Hill Engine Shed
- Beamish Museum
- Bluebell Railway
- 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
- Crewe Heritage Centre
- Rushden Station Railway Museum
- Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
- Shildon Locomotion Museum
- Stephenson Railway Museum
- Swindon Steam Railway Museum
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
- Walthamstow Pump House Museum
Railway museums in North America [edit]
Canada [edit]
- Alberta Railway Museum
- Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
- Canadian Railway Museum
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Halton County Radial Railway
- John Street Roundhouse
- New Brunswick Railway Museum
- Northern Ontario Railroad Museum
- Port Moody Station Museum
- Railway Coastal Museum
- Saskatchewan Railway Museum
- Toronto Railway Heritage Centre
- Winnipeg Railway Museum
United States [edit]
- Arizona Railroad Museum
- Arkansas Railroad Museum
- B&O Railroad Museum
- Bellingham Railway Museum
- Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
- Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
- Boothbay Railway Village
- California State Railroad Museum
- Colorado Railroad Museum
- Danbury Railway Museum
- Durand Union Station
- East Troy Electric Railroad Museum
- Florida Railroad Museum
- Fox River Trolley Museum
- Galesburg Railroad Museum
- Galveston Railroad Museum
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum
- Golden Gate Railroad Museum
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
- Great Plains Transportation Museum
- Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
- Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
- Illinois Railway Museum
- Indiana Transportation Museum
- Kentucky Railway Museum
- Lake Superior Railroad Museum
- Medina Railroad Museum
- Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum
- Monticello Railway Museum
- Museum of the American Railroad
- Museum of Transportation
- National Railroad Museum
- Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum
- Niles Canyon Railway
- North Carolina Railroad Museum
- North Carolina Transportation Museum
- Northwest Railway Museum
- Ohio Railway Museum (The)
- Oregon Electric Railway Museum
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
- Queponco Railway Station
- Railroad Museum of New England
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
- Railroad Museum of South Florida
- Railroaders Memorial Museum
- Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
- Railway Museum of San Angelo Texas
- Railway Workers Museum, Fredericksburg, Va
- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
- Roundhouse Railroad Museum
- San Francisco Trains
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
- Shore Line Trolley Museum
- Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources
- South Coast Railroad Museum
- Southeastern Railway Museum
- Southern Michigan Railroad Society
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Tehachapi Depot Museum
- 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
- West Florida Railroad Museum
- Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum
- Wyoming Transportation Museum
Mexico [edit]
Guatemala [edit]
Railroad museums in South America [edit]
- National Railway Museum (Peru)
- Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)[17]
Railway museums in Asia [edit]
China [edit]
Hong Kong [edit]
Israel [edit]
India [edit]
- National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India .
- Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
- Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum, West Bengal, India.
- Eastern Railway Museum, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Kanpur Railway Museum, Old Kanpur, Kanpur, India.
Indonesia [edit]
- Taman Mini, Jakarta - Indonesia
- Ambarawa Railway Museum, Central Java, Indonesia.[18]
Japan [edit]
- Modern Transportation Museum next to Bentencho Station, Minato-ku, Osaka
- The Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
- Sakuma Rail Park, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
- SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya (scheduled to open in March 2011)
- Tobu Museum, in Sumida, Tokyo
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma
Pakistan [edit]
South Korea [edit]
- Korea Railroad Museum
- Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County
Sri Lanka [edit]
- National Railway Museum, Colombo
Taiwan [edit]
Railway museums in Australasia [edit]
Australia [edit]
- Archer Park Railway Station
- Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division Museum, Champion Road, North Williamstown (currently closed) [19]
- Canberra Railway Museum [20]
- Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum
- Lachlan Valley Railway
- New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere and Valley Heights
- National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide), Port Dock, Adelaide
- Rail Motor Society, Paterson, New South Wales
- Steamtown, Peterborough[21]
- The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, Queensland [5]
- Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
New Zealand [edit]
Main article: List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines
Railway museums in Africa [edit]
Egypt [edit]
Railway museum in Cairo. As it is the 2nd oldest Railway in the world (it was founded since 1833), its museum contains very old monuments about Egyptian Railway since its early beginnings. Egypt's railway museum was built in 1932 next to Misr Station (now Ramses Station) in Cairo. The museum opened in January 1933 to mark the city's hosting of the International Railway Congress.[4][12] Its stock of over 700 items includes models, historic drawings and photographs. Among its most prominent exhibits are three preserved steam locomotives:
2-4-2 no. 30, built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1862[13] 0-6-0 no. 986 (originally 189, then 142), built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1861[13] 4-4-2 no. 194 (originally 678) built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1905[13]
Kenya [edit]
Nigeria [edit]
South Africa [edit]
Sudan [edit]
Zambia [edit]
Zimbabwe [edit]
See also [edit]
- List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
- List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines
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