Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja famous train museum

Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja (Poland)

Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja

Tx4 steam engine (photo: Albertus teolog)

Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja (Poland) was founded in 1972 as a branch of the Museum of the Paluki Region in Znin. Paluki is one of the oldest parts of Polish territory, situated on the Warta and Notec rivers in central Poland. In Biskupin traces of ancient Slavs were unearthed from the period of Lusatian culture, lasting from the middle Bronze Age until approx. 14th century BC.

Museum of the Paluki Region was established in 1963 after years of effort, and in 1972 Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja was founded. The aim of the museum was to preserve the rich history Znin District Railway, which was founded in 1894 and contributed to the economic development of the region.

Originally railway was used to transport sugar beet to the nearby sugar factory, otherwise it supplied the surrounding estates and villages with building materials, coal, wood. Then the train passenger services started and in 1900 more than 12,000 different cargos and 58,000 passengers were transported. In 1914 Znin Railway had 11 passenger wagons, 174 passenger cars, 4 cargo/mail cars and 16 special purpose cars. Exhibits in museum (the oldest from 1900) are set on the tracks with a width of 600mm. There are several steam locomotives and unusual postal wagon with length of 255 cm and a height of 175 cm.

In the museum you can see old tools used for maintenance of wagons and railway stations, uniforms, caps of a railway workers, fragments of various types of rails. The oldest steam locomotive in the museum, was produced in a German company, like most steam locomotives stored in the museum. At the museum there is a genuine railway station with a waiting room. There are regular runs on a train route Znin by Wenecja and Biskupin to Gasawa. The choice of the location of the museum in Wenecja (known as the "Pearl of Paluki") was influenced not only by picturesque location of the city, but also proximity to the ruins of a castle built in fourteenth century.


trains and railways add a comment

Comment below








Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja

(photo: Znin City Hall)

Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja

Pacific class steam engine (photo: mamik)

Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
train movies train tv shows train radio shows train games train stories train stations train museums famous railway lines famous trains trains of the world train videos train photos
Can you solve this 50 years old unsolved case?

Can you solve this mystery?
Can you solve this 50 years old unsolved case?

online soccer manager   menedżer piłkarski online   multiplayer gioco manageriale di basket online   serwis webasto warszawa   online soccer manager     pociągi