Railway Museum of Thessaloniki

The Railway Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Kordelio, a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece. It was founded in 2001 and is housed in the old Military Railway Station A (Template:Lang-fr) of the Thessaloniki-Constantinople Railway (Template:Lang-fr), 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 Wendesday 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 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). Οι Ελληνικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι (Hellenic Railways) (in Greek). Μίλητος (Militos). p. 172. ISBN 960-8460-07-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)