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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 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.
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
Passengers prepare to tour a locomotive at New Hope Valley Railway in Bonsal on April 12, 2024. The nonprofit railway is a program of the N.C. Railway Museum, which has several rail cars and ...
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.
The museum also has ex-Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 683, a coal-burning 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890, builders number 11207. It is the only surviving 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge steam locomotive from the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad.
Train shed, September 21, 2007. The Poway–Midland Railroad is a heritage railroad in Old Poway Park in Poway, California.. The group "Poway–Midland Railroad Volunteers, Inc." operates the railroad and was founded in 1991 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration, operation and maintenance of antique railroad equipment.
The exterior of the museum in 2016 County Donegal Railways Joint Committee locomotive on the railway tracks, 1995. Foyle Valley Railway Museum is a museum in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is run by the charity Destined and is dedicated to the history of narrow gauge railways in the surrounding area.