Museum of Vehicles and Railway Technology in Chabówka

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The Museum of Vehicles and Railway Technology in Chabówka ( Polish: Skansen taboru kolejowego w Chabówce ) is a museum in Chabówka near Rabka-Zdrój in Poland .

history

The museum was founded in 1993.

It is located on the site of a former railway depot with a locomotive shed from the Second World War. The first exhibitions of historic rail vehicles have been held since the 1980s.

Locomotive Tw1-2665 in Chabowka

exhibition

In its collection, the museum has 51 locomotives, 8 of which are to be kept running, 55 wagons, 5 snow plows and a number of other devices.

Some of the locomotives come from Fablok from Chrzanów . The oldest locomotive was built in 1878.

The mail car in the museum

It is the only collection in Poland that not only focuses on generic Polish and formerly German vehicles, but also pays attention to the old Austrian railway history. Chabówka was in Austria-Hungary until 1918.

Train rides

Currently, only special trains are offered to order, whereby the trains are put together according to the customer's wishes. The museum's vehicles are also used for filming.

In addition, steam locomotive parades have taken place once a year since 2005.

snow plow

Locomotives in the museum (selection)

Steam locomotives ready to run:

Steam locomotives not ready to run (selection):

  • TKb 1479 - the oldest locomotive in Poland

Web links

Commons : Chabówka railway museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

swell

  • Railways, Judith Kurowska-Ciechanska, Ariel Ciechanski, Ed. Carta Blanca, Warsaw 2007, ISBN 978-83-60887-80-6 , p. 238

Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 44 ″  N , 19 ° 55 ′ 39 ″  E