List of railway museums

The Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen is a railway museum situated south of the city of Bochum in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

Austria

Main article: List of railway museums in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

• Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna

Belgium

• Chemin de Fer des trois vallées [1]

Belarus

• Brest Railway Museum

Bulgaria

• National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

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

Germany

Main article: List of railway museums in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

• 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

• Donegal Railway Centre

Italy

Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia, Milan.

• Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia, Milan [2]
• Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia – [3]
• Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin - [4]
• Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese - [5]
• Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste [6]
• Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples

Luxembourg

• Train 1900 [7]

Netherlands

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

Norway

• Trondheim Tramway Museum
• Norsk Jernbanemuseum

Poland

• Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
• 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.

Russia

• Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St Petersburg / St Petersburg Outdoor Train Museum [8]
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal / Rizhskaya (railroad station) in Moscow [9]
• Lenin's Funeral Train Museum at Paveletsky Rail Terminal Moscow [10]
• Seyatel' station at Novosibirsk [11]
• Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don [12]
• Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod [13]
• Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
• Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)[14]

Serbia

• Railway Museum in Belgrade
• Narrow Gauge Museum in Pozega

Slovenia

• Slovenian Railway Museum

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)

Sweden

• Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn - [15]
• Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö - [16]
• Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
• Stockholms Spårvägsmuseum, Stockholm - [17]
• Swedish Railway Museum, Gävle - [18]
• Upsala-Lenna Jernväg

Switzerland

Main article: List of railway museums in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

• Blonay-Chamby

United Kingdom

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

Canada

• Alberta Railway Museum
• Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
• Canadian Railway Museum
• Elgin County Railway Museum
• 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

• Arkansas Railroad Museum
• B&O Railroad Museum
• Bellingham Railway Museum
• Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
• Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
• California State Railroad 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
• Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Indiana Transportation Museum
• Kentucky Railway Museum
• Lake Superior Railroad Museum
• Medina Railroad Museum
• Monticello Railway Museum
• Museum of the American Railroad
• 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 Pennsylvania
• Railroad Museum of South Florida
• Railroaders Memorial Museum
• Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
• 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
• 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
• Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
• Wyoming Transportation Museum

Mexico

• Ferrocarril Interoceánico
• Old Train Station and Railway Museum

Railroad museums in Central America

Guatemala City railway museum

Guatemala

• Guatemala City Railway Museum

Railroad museums in South America

• National Railway Museum (Peru)

Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Railway museums in Asia

China

• China Railway Museum

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Railway Museum

• Hong Kong Railway Museum

Israel

• Israel Railway Museum

India

• 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.

Steam Locomotive B-5112 in Ambarawa Railway Museum - Indonesia

Indonesia

• Taman Mini, Jakarta - Indonesia
• Ambarawa Railway Museum, Central Java, Indonesia. [19]

Modern Transportation Museum, Osaka

Japan

Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, Japan

• Modern Transportation Museum in Bentencho, 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

• Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

South Korea

Korea Railroad Museum, near Uiwang Station

• Korea Railroad Museum
• Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County

Sri Lanka

• National Railway Museum, Colombo

Taiwan

• Miaoli Railway Museum

Railway museums in Australasia

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 [20]
• Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum

New Zealand

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

Railway museums in Africa

South Africa

• Outeniqua Transport Museum in George, South Africa

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

References

1. ^ http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/south-australia/flinders-ranges-outback/attractions/museum/steamtown-heritage-rail-centre/