Railway museum



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A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including but not limited to: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.

Railway museums in Europe

Austria

• Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna

Belarus

• Brest Railway Museum

Czech Republic

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

Denmark

• Danish Railway Museum

Finland

Finnish Railway Museum

• Finnish Railway Museum
• Jokioinen Museum Railway

France

• Musée Français du Chemin de Fer

Germany

• Augsburg Railway Park, Augsburg, Bavaria
• 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
• Frankish Museum Railway, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• Freilassing Locomotive World, Freilassing, Bavaria
• German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
• German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, Bavaria
• Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum, Hanover, Lower Saxony
• Mellrichstadt-Fladungen railway, Fladungen, Bavaria
• Neustadt/Weinstraße Railway Museum, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Nuremberg Transport Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• 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
• Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg

Italy

• Pietrarsa railway museum

Norway

• Trondheim Tramway Museum
• Norsk Jernbanemuseum

Poland

Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja, Poland

• Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja

Russia

• Varshavsky Rail Terminal at St Petersburg
• St Petersburg Outdoor Train Museum [1]
• 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)

Serbia

• Railway Museum in Belgrade

Slovenia

• Slovenian Railway Museum

Spain

• Railway Museum in Madrid (Museo del Ferrocarril)

Sweden

• Swedish Railway Museum
• Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
• Upsala-Lenna Jernväg

Switzerland

• Blonay-Chamby

United Kingdom

Main article: List of railway museums in the 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

Railway museums in North America

Canada

• 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

United States

• Arkansas Railroad Museum
• B&O Railroad Museum
• Bellingham Railway Museum
• Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
• Danbury Railway Museum
• Donegal Railway Centre
• Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum
• Durand Union Station
• Galesburg Railroad Museum
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum
• Great Plains Transportation Museum
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Kentucky Railway Museum
• Medina Railroad Museum
• National Railroad Museum
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
• Nevada Northern Railway Museum
• Ohio Railway Museum(The)
• Queponco Railway Station
• Railroad Museum of New England
• Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
• Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources
• South Coast Railroad Museum
• Southern Michigan Railroad Society
• The Western Mining and Railroad Museum
• Travel Town Museum
• Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
• Western America Railroad Museum
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum
• Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
• Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
• Wyoming Transportation Museum

Railroad museums in Central and South America

• Ferrocarril Interoceánico
• Museo del Ferrocarril Guatemala City

Railway museums in Asia

China

Hong Kong Railway Museum

• China Railway Museum
• Hong Kong Railway Museum

Israel

• Israel Railway Museum

Modern Transportation Museum, Osaka

India

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

Japan

• Modern Transportation Museum in Bentencho, Minato-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
• Railway Museum in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture

Taiwan

• Miaoli Railway Museum

Railway museums in Australasia

Australia

• Archer Park Railway Station
• Lachlan Valley Railway
• 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]

New Zealand

Main article: List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines

Railway museums in Africa

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Zambia

• Railway Museum in Livingstone, Zambia

See also

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

References

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