The Railway Museum ( sr, Železnički muzej / Железнички музеј) is a museum located in the
Savski Venac
Savski Venac ( sr-cyr, Савски Венац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 39,122 inhabitants.
It is one of the three municipalities which constitute the ...
,
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
History
It was founded on 1 February 1950. The first exhibition was held in 1953 under title "Through the history of
Yugoslav Railways
Yugoslav Railways ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslavenske željeznice/Jugoslovenske železnice, Југославенске жељезнице/Југословенске железнице; mk, Југословенски железници; sl, Jugoslovans ...
" ('). Museum is in possession of over 40,000 objects and also has an archive and library. It also operates the
Šargan Eight
The Šargan Eight ( sr, / ) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway in Serbia, running from the village of Mokra Gora to Šargan Vitasi station. Modern line was restored in the summer of 2003. An extension to Višegrad in the Republika Srpska, Bos ...
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
heritage railway, running from the
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
of
Mokra Gora
Mokra Gora ( sr-cyr, Мокра Гора; ), meaning the ''Wet Mountain'' in English, is a village located in the city of Užice, southwestern Serbia. It is situated on the northern slopes of the Zlatibor mountains. Emphasis on historical reconst ...
to
Šargan Vitasi station. As of 2018, it is managed by the company
Serbian Railways
Serbian Railways ( sr, Железнице Србије/''Železnice Srbije'', abbr. ŽS or ЖС) is a Serbian engineering and technical consulting company based in Belgrade, Serbia.
In 2015, the Government of Serbia established three new compan ...
.
Gallery
Former Ministry of Transportation Belgrade 5.JPG, ''Entrance to Railway Museum''
File:Maschienenfabrik L. Schwarzkopff DT-N 2 0-4-0.jpg, ''JŽ class 99.4.084 Brigadelok from the Ohrid line''
References
External links
Railway Museumat zeleznicesrbije.com
Railway Museumat serbia.com
Museums in Belgrade
Serbian Railways
Museums established in 1950
Railway museums in Serbia
1950 establishments in Yugoslavia
Savski Venac
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