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TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum

TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum
TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi
TCDD Museum.jpg
Gate of the museum
Location Celal Bayar Blvd, Maltepe, Ankara, Turkey
Website www.tcdd.gov.tr/tcdding/ankloko_ing.htm

The TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum (Turkish: TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi) is a railroad museum in Ankara, Turkey, which traces the history of steam locomotives. Due to the construction of the new Railway Station, the Museum was closed in March 2014 and the locomotives were transferred. The museum is owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). It is part of the Ankara Railway Museum, which consists of also Ankara Railway History Museum, Atatürk's Car and Railway Art Museum.

Exhibits on display:

34061 1930 Henschel & Son (Germany) Locomotive

44015 1912 Hanover Vulcan (Germany) Locomotive

45035 1932 NOHAB (Sweden) Locomotive

45174 1943 Baldwin Locomotive Works (USA) Locomotive

46224 1942 Baldwin Locomotive Works (USA) Locomotive

55047 1924 Schwartzkopf (Germany) Locomotive

56086 1948 Vulcan Foundry (Great Britain) Locomotive

56375 1948 Vulcan Iron Works (USA) Locomotive

56504 1943 Henschel & Son (Germany) Locomotive

57007 1932 Henschel & Son (Germany) Locomotive

Coordinates: 39°55′58″N 32°50′47″E / 39.932662°N 32.846316°E / 39.932662; 32.846316


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