Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew was established in 1984. The exhibit was open in 1986. The museum is located in the headquarter of the former Sochaczew County Narrow Gauge Railway. A part of the railway is still in service. Trains from the museum to Kampinos Forest run on Saturdays from the end of May till the mid-September and also on Wednesdays during the summer holidays.
The museum is a branch of Railway Museum in Warsaw. Due to not quite clear status of land property and financial difficulties the future of both is uncertain.
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Regular service of Sochaczew County Narrow Gauge Railway ended on 30 November 1984.[1] The museum was established in December. In the early days all the efforts were made to repair, renovate and protect premises, vehicles and to do the necessary repairs of the tracks and vehicles preservation and repair works started. Archives and some of the exhibition rooms placed in the station main building. Also the garages for draisines converted into exhibition rooms. Sporadic train courses began in May 1986. The museum was open for public on 6 September 1986.[1] Up to the end of 1986 the museum collected 107 vehicles (including 33 steam locomotives). In the 1996 this number reached 253. In 2009 the total number of all types of rolling stock was 263 (56 steam locomotives). After scrapping and selling several units this number went down to 228 in 2011.
Some of the vehicles still require substantial restoration before moving from storage to exposition.
In the late 80ties the tracks underwent repairs, mainly sleepers replacements but also two briges were fixed. On 10 July 1991 the Technical Commission of Narrow Gauge Railways (polish: Komisja Techniczna z Zarządu Kolei Dojazdowych) granted a clearance to operate the line to Wilcze Tułowskie, where the trains terminate.
Świat Kolei 8/2011, Bogdan Pokropiński, 25lat Muzeum Kolei Wąskotorowej w Sochaczewie