Museum of the Moscow Railway (Paveletskaya station)
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| Location | Moscow |
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| Coordinates | 55°43′42″N 37°38′32″E / 55.728338°N 37.642196°E |
| Website | mzd |
The Museum of the Moscow Railway is situated next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. The museum reopened to private visitors in 2011 and it reopened to the general public in January 2012.
Overview
The museum was formerly the Museum of Lenin’s funeral train. It still houses exhibits relating to Vladimir Lenin's Funeral train including the 4-6-0 steam locomotive U-127 (Russian У-127) and Lenin’s funeral van No 1691. The collection of exhibits has been expanded and it now also houses many artifacts concerning the Moscow Railway and the history of Russian Railways from the beginnings of the railways in Russia to the present day. The collection includes models, displays, documents, photographs, uniforms and items of railway equipment. U-127 is the only surviving Russian locomotive class U.
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Steam locomotive U-127, the principal exhibit of the Museum -
Exhibit case -
Exhibit case -
Model of a 19th-century Russian railway office -
Scale model of a Russian locomotive class E -
Scale model of a Russian electric EP10 Locomotive -
Model of a Russian locomotive class FD number FD20-2865 -
Scale model railway of the Sapsan Railway
See also
- Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
- History of rail transport in Russia
- List of Moscow tourist attractions
- List of railway museums (worldwide)
- Russian Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg
References
- Rakov, V.А. (1995), Lokomotivy otechestvennykh zheleznykh dorog 1845-1955 [Locomotives of Domestic Railways 1845-1955] (in Russian) (2 ed.), Moskva, ISBN 5-277-00821-7
- A.J. Heywood and I.D.C. Button. Soviet Locomotive Types: the Union Legacy.
- Keith Chester. Russian and Soviet Steam Locomotives Volume 1.
- J.N. Westwood. Soviet Locomotive Technology During Industrialization, 1928–1952.
- A. D. de Pater. The railway locomotives of Russia.
External links
- The Official Museum Website
- Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Station, Moscow
- About The Museum of Railroad Machinery [in English]
