railway museum
Train history venue
A railway museum is an institution that preserves and displays historic trains, locomotives, rolling stock, and railroad equipment.
Some operate heritage railways where visitors can ride vintage trains.
Collections typically include artifacts documenting the history of rail transportation: The railway museum had a restored steam engine from 1890.
- passenger carsVehicles for transporting people
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- rolling stockWheeled railway equipment
- ticket stubsRetained admission portions
signal box · steam engines · steam whistle · platform · memorabilia · freight wagons · railroad · caboose · docents · preservation societies · carriage · model trains · heritage railways · engine · industrial revolution · buffers · timetable · heritage tourism
- rail traveltrain, trains, train car, station, stations
- heritage railwayssteam train, steam locomotive, steam engine, preservation society, volunteer
- historic railwayssteam locomotive, steam train, steam engine, Flying Scotsman, Orient Express
- outdoor museumssculpture garden, sculpture gardens, heritage village, heritage villages, historic farms
- Railway Historysteam locomotive, locomotive, branch line, mainline, terminus
- technical museumsscience center
railway museumtrain depot
Rail passenger facility
passenger terminal · train station · freight yard · railway station · commuter rail
railway museumart museum
Institution displaying visual works
natural history museum · science museum · maritime museum · aviation museum · military museum