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Working roundhouse museum in Ohio preserving steam locomotives and the Age of Steam collection.
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Working roundhouse museum in Ohio preserving steam locomotives and the Age of Steam collection.

Railway museum near Edmonton preserving Canadian locomotives, carriages and railway history.

Open-air industrial heritage museum in a former chalk quarry, with a narrow-gauge railway and transport collections.

Railway museum in Canberra operated by the Australian Railway Historical Society ACT, with locomotives and carriages.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, birthplace of American railroading, with one of the oldest and most important collections in the United States.

Former railway depot at Augsburg with a working turntable, roundhouse and a collection of locomotives.

Museum preserving Baltimore's streetcar heritage, with operating historic streetcars.

Preserved 1870 Midland Railway roundhouse with a turntable, holding a collection of locomotives and offering steaming days.

Railway museum in Belgrade preserving Serbian and Yugoslav locomotives, carriages and railway history.

Heritage railway on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, with steam and diesel locomotives and a railway museum.

One of Britain's first standard-gauge preserved railways, with a museum and a large collection of locomotives and carriages.

Steam museum and gardens with narrow-gauge railways and a collection of steam locomotives and traction engines.

Railway museum in Bulawayo preserving Rhodesia Railways locomotives and rolling stock.

Railway museum in Sofia preserving Bulgarian locomotives, carriages and the history of the Bulgarian State Railways.

One of North America's most visited railway museums, in Old Sacramento, with beautifully restored locomotives and carriages.

Open-air steam locomotive museum near Selcuk with a large collection of Turkish steam locomotives.

Canada's largest railway museum, at Saint-Constant near Montreal, preserving Canadian locomotives and rolling stock.

West Virginia heritage railroad operating Shay geared steam locomotives on a former logging railway.

Preserved narrow-gauge railway and museum at Dromod, with industrial locomotives and Irish railway heritage.

Heritage railway and museum in Chasewater Country Park with a collection of industrial locomotives and rolling stock.

Rail museum in Chennai with locomotives, carriages and a toy train, covering Southern Railway history.

National railway museum of China in Beijing, covering the history of Chinese railways.
The French national railway museum at Mulhouse, one of the largest railway museums in Europe, covering the history of French railways.

Heritage railway and museum in Essex with steam and diesel locomotives and a collection of railway vehicles.
Railroad museum in Golden, Colorado, with a large collection of narrow-gauge and standard-gauge Colorado locomotives.

Trolley museum in East Windsor, Connecticut, with operating streetcars and electric railway heritage.

Railway museum in Zagreb preserving Croatian locomotives, carriages and railway heritage.

Railway museum in the historic Danbury station, with locomotives, carriages and a operating yard train.
The Danish Railway Museum in Odense, covering the history of Danish railways with locomotives, carriages and a roundhouse.

The national railway museum of Germany, tracing the history of the railways from the earliest days to the present.

The transport branch of the Deutsches Museum in Munich, with large railway and road vehicle collections.
Technology museum in Berlin with extensive railway collections, including locomotives, signal boxes and a roundhouse.

Great Western Railway preservation centre with a large collection of GWR locomotives, carriages and a reconstructed engine shed and turntable.

Ireland's only full-size heritage railway, holding preserved Irish locomotives including Class 181 No. 190 and Class 121 No. 124.

Colorado narrow-gauge heritage railroad operating coal-fired steam locomotives through the San Juan Mountains.

Museum at Chappel & Wakes Colne station on the Gainsborough line, preserving East Anglian railway vehicles and a heritage line.

Railway museum at Cairo station, one of the oldest railway museums in the world, preserving Egyptian railway history.

One of Germany's largest railway museums, in a former locomotive depot, with a roundhouse and operating heritage trains.

Railway museum in Haapsalu preserving locomotives, carriages and Estonian railway history.

Heritage park in Christchurch with a railway, tramway and pioneer village, preserving Canterbury transport heritage.

Narrow-gauge heritage railways in North Wales, operating steam trains and preserving a celebrated fleet of locomotives.

Preserved industrial railway near Stoke-on-Trent with a collection of industrial steam locomotives and a heritage line.

Heritage railway and museum south of Auckland, operating steam trains and preserving New Zealand rolling stock.

Heritage railway with a large collection of locomotives and rolling stock, including a museum at Rothley.

Museum on the route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, home to Locomotion No. 1 and early railway history.
Railway museum at Amman station preserving the history of the Hejaz Railway and its locomotives.
Living history museum in Calgary with a steam railway, historic buildings and a railway collection.

Railway museum in Sapporo covering the history of railways in Hokkaido.

Railway museum in the former Tai Po Market station, covering the history of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.

Railway museum in North Judson, Indiana, with operating heritage trains and a collection of locomotives and rolling stock.

Railway heritage park in Budapest with a large collection of Hungarian locomotives and rolling stock.

The largest railway museum in the United States, with an extensive collection of locomotives, carriages and trams.
Railway museum in Haifa preserving Israel Railways locomotives, carriages and history.

Railway museum at Sirkeci station in Istanbul, covering the history of Turkish railways and the Orient Express.

Transport museum in Johannesburg with a collection of South African railway locomotives, trams and vehicles.
The Swedish Railway Museum in Gävle, the national collection of Swedish railway heritage.

Heritage railway in West Yorkshire, famous as the setting for The Railway Children, with a museum at Oxenhope.

Large railway museum in Kyoto with a roundhouse and turntable, covering the history of Japanese railways.

Railway museum in Moji, Kitakyushu, covering the history of railways in Kyushu.

Railway museum in Riga preserving Latvian locomotives, carriages and the history of the Latvian railways.
Railway museum in Vilnius preserving Lithuanian locomotives, carriages and railway heritage.
Railway museum at Livingstone preserving Zambian and Rhodesian railway heritage.

National Railway Museum's Shildon site on the route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, home to the national collection store and working locomotives.

Museum of London's transport heritage, covering buses, trams, trolleybuses and London Underground rolling stock.

Working store and depot of the London Transport Museum, opening for guided tours and open days.

Independent railway museum with a short operating line, holding steam and diesel locomotives, carriages and a signal box.

Heritage centre at Butterley with a large collection of locomotives and rolling stock, plus the Golden Valley Light Railway.

Railway museum in Monticello, Illinois, with operating heritage trains and a collection of locomotives and carriages.

Railway museum in the historic Delicias station in Madrid, holding Spanish locomotives, carriages and railway heritage.

Railway museum in Lima preserving Peruvian locomotives, carriages and the history of the Central Railway.
Railway museum in Montevideo preserving Uruguayan railway locomotives and rolling stock.

Chile's national railway museum at Quinta Normal in Santiago, preserving Chilean locomotives and carriages.

Mexico's national railway museum in Puebla, preserving locomotives, carriages and the history of Mexican railways.
Argentina's national railway museum in Buenos Aires, preserving locomotives, carriages and railway heritage.

Science and technology museum in Milan with a significant railway section, including historic locomotives and a railway pavilion.

Italy's national railway museum at the historic Pietrarsa workshops near Naples, covering the history of Italian railways.

Railway museum in a former depot at Vilanova i la Geltrú, with a large collection of Spanish locomotives and carriages.
Railway museum in Rio de Janeiro, preserving Brazilian railway locomotives, carriages and the history of the Brazilian railways.

Portugal's national railway museum at Entroncamento, preserving Portuguese locomotives and rolling stock.

Railway museum at Ambarawa in Central Java, with a working rack railway and a collection of Dutch-era steam locomotives.

Railway museum in Kyiv preserving Ukrainian locomotives, carriages and railway heritage.

Museum of Scottish Railways at Bo'ness, preserving Scottish railway locomotives, carriages and wagons alongside a heritage line.

Museum in Frisco, Texas, preserving American locomotives including Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4018 and PRR GG1 No. 4906.

Auckland transport museum with railway, aviation and road collections, including NZR DA class No. 1400.
Romanian railway museum in Bucharest preserving locomotives, carriages and railway heritage.

Rail museum in Mysuru with locomotives, carriages and a battery-operated toy train.

Railway museum at Nairobi station, preserving East African Railways locomotives and rolling stock.

The National Technical Museum in Prague, with a major railway collection including historic Czech locomotives.

Transport museum in St. Louis with one of the largest collections of railway locomotives and rolling stock in the United States.
India's national railway museum in New Delhi, with a large collection of Indian locomotives and the Fairy Queen.

Railroad museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a broad collection of American locomotives and rolling stock.

The national museum of railway heritage in Britain, holding the largest collection of historic railway vehicles in the world.

Australia's national railway museum at Port Adelaide, with a large collection of Australian locomotives and carriages.

The National Tramway Museum at Crich, with the world's largest collection of trams operating on a recreated street and track.

Railway museum in Ely, Nevada, with operating steam locomotives and the preserved East Ely depot and engine house.
State railway museum in Carson City, Nevada, with historic Virginia & Truckee locomotives and carriages.

The Norwegian Railway Museum at Hamar, covering Norwegian railway history with locomotives, carriages and a heritage line.

Transport museum on the site of the former Southern Railway Spencer Shops, with a roundhouse and large railway collection.

Heritage railway across the North York Moors, with a large collection of steam locomotives and carriages.

Home of the New South Wales rail heritage collection at Thirlmere, including C38 class No. 3801 and 36 class No. 3642.

Outdoor railway park in Ome, Tokyo, with historic locomotives and carriages on display and a miniature railway.

Transport museum in George, South Africa, with a collection of steam locomotives and the historic Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe route.

Railway museum in Campo, California, with operating heritage trains and a collection of western locomotives and carriages.

Railway museum in Lahore preserving Pakistan Railways locomotives and the history of the North Western Railway.

Trolley museum in Washington, Pennsylvania, with operating streetcars and a large collection of electric railway vehicles.

Railway museum in Manila preserving Philippine National Railways locomotives, carriages and history.

Railway museum in Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, with operating steam and railcar services.

Railway museum in Bassendean, Western Australia, with a collection of Western Australian locomotives and rolling stock.

Major railway museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, with a comprehensive collection of locomotives and rolling stock.

California state historic park preserving the Sierra Railway shops and a collection of steam locomotives.

Railway museum in Athens preserving Greek railway locomotives, carriages and history.

Railway museum in Smiths Falls, Ontario, in the former Canadian Northern station, with locomotives and carriages.

Regional railway museum at Howrah preserving historical Indian locomotives.

Museum in Revelstoke, British Columbia, telling the story of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rockies.
Steam heritage centre preserving and operating Indian steam locomotives including WP and YP classes.

Rutland Railway Museum, an ironstone quarry heritage site with industrial locomotives and a demonstration line.

Russia's national railway museum in Saint Petersburg, one of the largest railway museums in the world.

Railway museum near Saskatoon preserving locomotives, carriages and the railway heritage of the prairies.

Railway museum in Nagoya covering conventional and maglev railways, with a large collection of Japanese locomotives and trains.

The world's first and largest electric railway museum, in Kennebunkport, Maine, with a vast collection of streetcars.

Major heritage railway with the Engine House museum at Highley, holding locomotives, carriages and railway artefacts.

Electric railway museum in East Haven, Connecticut, with operating trolleys on a heritage line.
Railway museum in Ljubljana preserving Slovenian locomotives, carriages and railway history.

Large railway museum in Perris, California, with a major collection of Pacific Electric and other electric railway vehicles.

The Dutch Railway Museum in Utrecht, in the former Maliebaan station, covering the history of the Netherlands' railways.

The Railway Museum in Warsaw, holding Polish locomotives, carriages and railway heritage.

Museum of the Great Western Railway in the restored Swindon railway works, telling the story of the GWR and its workers.

National Park Service steam railway site in Scranton with a roundhouse and operating steam locomotives.
America's oldest continuously operating short-line railroad, with operating steam trains and a museum.

The Finnish Railway Museum at Hyvinkää, covering Finnish railway history with locomotives, carriages and a heritage line.

Railway museum in Changhua with a fan-type roundhouse, preserving CK, CT and DT class steam locomotives.

The world's first preserved railway, a narrow-gauge line in mid-Wales with a museum at Tywyn Wharf.

Railway museum in Tehran preserving Iranian locomotives, carriages and the history of the Iranian State Railways.
National railway museum of Thailand in Bangkok, preserving early Thai steam locomotives.

The Railway Museum in Omiya, Saitama, the national railway museum of Japan, covering the history of Japanese railways.

Queensland's rail heritage museum in the former Ipswich Railway Workshops, covering the history of Queensland Rail.

Museum of the Tobu Railway in Tokyo, preserving ED50 electric locomotive No. 15 and 5700 series electric multiple-unit cars.

Railway museum in the historic Roundhouse Park in Toronto, with locomotives, carriages and a working turntable.

The Belgian national railway museum at Schaerbeek station in Brussels, covering the history of Belgian railways.

Outdoor railway museum in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, with historic locomotives and carriages on display.

Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa, telling the story of the Union Pacific Railroad and the transcontinental railroad.

The Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, covering rail, road, air and water transport with a large railway collection.

Transport museum in Dresden with railway, road, air and water transport collections, including historic locomotives.

Heritage railway park in Squamish, British Columbia, with a large collection of Canadian locomotives and carriages.

Heritage railway on the famous Zig Zag formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.
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