Warsaw Railway Museum

The Railway Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie) is located in the former Warsaw Główna PKP railway terminus and is very near to the Warszawa Ochota railway station. The museum's exhibits are divided into permanent and temporary collections — the latter being displayed inside the museum's galleries. The permanent collection consists of historic rolling stock that is displayed on the tracks outside, including one of the few remaining armoured railway trains in Europe.[1] The museum also contains a library which houses many books on the subject of Polish railways.

Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie
Established1931
Locationul. Towarowa 1, 00-958 Warsaw
DirectorFerdynand Ruszczyc
Websitehttp://www.muzeumkolejnictwa.waw.pl

During the interwar period the museum's headquarters were located at 1 Nowy Zjazd Street (ul. Nowy Zjazd 1).

On 30 July 2009, PKP S.A. the Polish state railway company served notice to quit on the Museum authorities requiring them to vacate their current location by 31 August 2009.[2] However, as of May 2015, the museum remains in place and open to the public, offering low-cost entry and is perfect for large groups such as stag does.

Exhibits
  • OKi1-28 Steam passenger tank locomotive, 1904, German Reich
  • Oi1-29 Steam passenger locomotive with tender, 1905, German Reich
  • TKi3-119 Steam freight tank locomotive, 1913, German Reich
  • OKo1-3 Steam passenger tank locomotive, 1920,  DEU
  • TKh1-13 Steam freight locomotive, 1920,  DEU
  • Tr6-39 Steam freight tender locomotive, 1923,  DEU
  • Os24-10 Steam passenger locomotive, 1926, actually Os24-7 with wrong number painted on it POL
  • OKa1-1 Steam passenger tank locomotive, 1931,  DEU
  • OKl27-26 Steam passenger tank locomotive, 1931,  DEU
  • TKbb Nr 10282 Steam locomotive without tender, 1934, Greater German Reich
  • TKl100-16 Steam passenger and freight locomotive with tender, 1934, Greater German Reich
  • Pm2-34 Express steam locomotive, 1936, Greater German Reich
  • TKz-211 Steam freight tank locomotive, 1938, Greater German Reich
  • Pm3-3 Express steam locomotive with separate tender, 1940, Greater German Reich
  • PzTrWg16 Motorised armoured train, 1942, Greater German Reich
  • TKp-4147 Steam freight tank locomotive, 1942,  FRA
  • Ty2-572 Steam freight locomotive with tender, 1943, Greater German Reich
  • TKc100-10 Steam passenger tank locomotive, 1944, Greater German Reich
  • Tr203-451 Steam freight locomotive, 1945,  USA
  • Ryś 1541 Narrow gauge steam locomotive, 1946,  POL
  • Ty42-120 Steam freight locomotive, 1946,  POL
  • Pt47-104 Express steam locomotive with tender, 1947,  POL
  • Ty43-17 Steam freight locomotive, 1947,  POL
  • TKt48-36 Steam passenger tank locomotive, 1951,  POL
  • EP02-02 – Electric passenger locomotive, 1954,  POL
  • EU20-24 Electric freight and passenger locomotive, 1957,  DDR
  • Ty51-228 Steam freight locomotive with tender, 1958,  POL
  • ET21-66 – Electric freight locomotive, 1960,  POL
  • SM25-002 Diesel shunter, 1962,  POL
  • SM15-17 Diesel shunter, 1965,  POL
  • ST44-001 Diesel freight locomotive, 1965,  SUN
  • SM41-190 Diesel shunter, 1966,  HUN

See also

References
  1. http://www.inyourpocket.com/poland/warsaw/sightseeing/museums/Railway-Museum_21394v
  2. http://polishrail.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/museum-closure-official/

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