Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
The Railway Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Eleftherio-Kordelio, a municipality of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. It was founded in 2001 and is housed in the old Military Railway Station A (French: Gare Militaire) of the Thessaloniki-Constantinople Railway (French: Jonction Salonique-Constantinople), near the current TX-3 signalbox. This historic station was built in 1891-1894 by the Italian architect Pierro Arigoni.
The museum is open every Wednesday and Thursday between 10am and 13am, excluding public holidays.[1] Photography is allowed only by special arrangement in advance.
Rolling stock collection
The rolling stock collection includes:
- A SEK Class Ζα (De Glehn) 4-6-0 steam locomotive, possibly Ζα306.[2]
- Two SEK Class Δα (USATC S100) 0-6-0T steam locomotives
- A luxury restaurant car used with the Orient Express trains
- A railway crane and an oil-tank car of Piraeus-Demerli-Frontier railway
References
- ^ OSE page about the museum
- ^ I. Zartaloudis, D. Karatolos, D. Koutelidis, G. Nathenas, S. Fasoulas, A. Filippoupolitis, A. (1997) (in Greek). Οι Ελληνικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι (Hellenic Railways). Μίλητος (Militos). pp. 172. ISBN 960-8460-07-7.
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