Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
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Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja (Polish Venice) near Żnin (Poland) is an open air museum collecting and exhibiting steam locomotives, passenger and freight cars, trolleys, railwaymen's equipment, signaling marks, equipment of an old waiting room like old maps. The 600 mm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja is a department of Muzeum Ziemi Pałuckiej (the Żnin's Museum of Pałuki Land) and was established in 1972 at the suggestion of lovers of the Pałuki region, of which Żnin is considered its capital. The Museum has collected numerous steam locomotives. One of the oldest is the German one made by Orenstein & Koppel in Berlin in 1900. The Tx-1116 locomotive made by Henschel and Sohn (Kassel, 1918) and the Tx4-564 locomotive made by Hanomag (Hannover, 1923) are also very interesting. The geuine rarity is the Belgian locomotive made by Les Ateliers Metallurgiques Nivells with the unique wheel arrangement 2-3-1, so called "Pacific" and the only one which has steam brakes. There are also steam locomotives made in the first Polish plant in Chrzanów. The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja is situated at the foot of the ruins of the medieval castle built in the 14th century by legendary Mikołaj Nałecz. Tourists can ride on the historic narrow gauge railway from Żnin via Wenecja to Biskupin which is famous for reconstructions of the Lusatian culture settlement and the Archaeological Museum.
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 Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja |
 Paragliders over Wenecja |
 The Museum and the ruins of the castle |
 The Museum in the mist |
 The interior of the passenger car |
 The portrait of Leon Lichociński, the legendary guide |
 The old railway map of Poland |
 The freight car on the 510 mm railway line |
 Polish Golden Autumn in Wenecja |
 Visiting Wenecja - the excellent lesson of history and technology |
 Tourists leaving Wenecja and heading to famous Biskupin |
 Polish Pompeii - Biskupin |
