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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. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
The railway occupies part of the former Colne Valley and Halstead Railway (CVHR), which opened in stages between 16 April 1860 and 10 May 1863. [1] This part of the railway was a through line from Birdbrook to Wakes Colne. The line closed on 1 January 1962, when all passenger and freight traffic between Haverhill and Yeldham ended.
Steam locomotive "Tren del centenari" from 1948, in Vilanova Railway Museum. Basque Railway Museum (steam railway tours) [10] Gijón Railway Museum; Philip II Train, service between Madrid and El Escorial; Railway Museum in Vilanova (close to Barcelona) Strawberry train, seasonal service between Madrid and Aranjuez; Tramvia Blau, Barcelona
A mid Victorian era photograph showing a Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 2-2-2WT at Halstead engine shed. A railway in the Colne Valley was first proposed in 1846 when the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company was incorporated to build a line from Marks Tey on the Eastern Counties Railway to Sudbury, with a branch to Halstead and a line from Colchester to Hythe.
The museum was originally formed as the Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society on 24 September 1968. The SVRPS was established at Chappel & Wakes Colne Station in December 1969 after a lease was obtained from British Rail to use the vacant goods yard and railway buildings, including the station building. The first public steam day took place ...
The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (reporting mark TVRM) [1] is a railroad museum and heritage railroad in Chattanooga, Tennessee.. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum was founded as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1960 by Paul H. Merriman and Robert M. Soule, Jr., along with a group of local railway preservationists.
Opened in 1983, the museum is operated by the city and features preserved locomotives, equipment and artifacts from the Tooele Valley Railway, International Smelting and Refining Company, and other railroad & mining artifacts. [2] The complex is significant for its historic role in conversion of Tooele from a farming-based to an industrial town.
Bishop's Castle Railway Museum; Cambrian Heritage Railways, Oswestry, Shropshire; Chasewater Railway Museum, Staffordshire; Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Heritage Shunters Trust; Kidderminster Railway Museum; Market Drayton Railway Preservation Society; Moseley Railway Trust; National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyshire; North Ings Farm Museum