The TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum ( tr, TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi) is a

railroad museum A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equ ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, which focuses on the history of

steam locomotives A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...

that operated on the

Turkish State Railways The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları), abbreviated as TCDD, is a government-owned national railway company responsible with the ownership and maintenance of railway infrastructure in Turkey ...

. The museum was originally located in a park adjacent to

Ankara Central Station Ankara railway station ( tr, Ankara Garı) is the main railway station in Ankara, Turkey, and is a major transportation hub within the city. The station is the eastern terminus of the Istanbul-Ankara railway corridor, as well as the easternmost s ...

, and when the property was needed for the station's enlargement project in 2014, the museum was moved to the current location near

Wonderland Eurasia Wonderland Eurasia, previously known as Ankapark, was an amusement park in Ankara, Turkey. Opened in 2019, the park had 17 roller coasters, the second-most worldwide. It was closed permanently in February 2020. History In 2013, the 27th mayor ...

. The museum is owned and operated by the

(TCDD), who also manages the Ankara Railway History Museum, as well as Atatürk's Car and Railway Art Museum.

Museum

Exhibits on display: Steam locomotive No.34061 Ankara Museum.JPG, 34061 1930

Henschel & Son Henschel & Son (german: Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehic ...

(Germany) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.44015 Ankara Museum.JPG, 44015 1912

Hanover Vulcan Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany a ...

(Germany) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.45035 Ankara Museum.JPG, 45035 1932

NOHAB NOHAB (Nydqvist & Holm AB) was a manufacturing company based in the city of Trollhättan, Sweden. History The company was founded by Antenor Nydqvist, Johan Magnus Lidström and Carl Olof Holm in 1847 as ''Trollhättans Mekaniska Verkstad'' as ...

(Sweden) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.45174 Ankara Museum.JPG, 45174 1943

Baldwin Locomotive Works The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades t ...

(USA) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.46224 Ankara Museum.JPG, 46224 1942

American Locomotive Company The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer of locomotives, diesel generators, steel, and tanks that operated from 1901 to 1969. The company was formed by the merger of seven smaller locomo ...

(USA) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.55047 Ankara Museum.JPG, 55047 1924 Schwartzkopf (Germany) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.56086 Ankara Museum.JPG, 56086 1948

Vulcan Foundry The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now Merseyside). History The Vulcan Foundry opened in 1832, as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches, crossi ...

(Great Britain) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.56375 Ankara museum.jpg, 56375 1948

Vulcan Iron Works Vulcan Iron Works was the name of several iron foundries in both England and the United States during the Industrial Revolution and, in one case, lasting until the mid-20th century. Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and smithery, was a popular na ...

(USA) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.56504 Ankara Museum.JPG, 56504 1943 Henschel & Son (Germany) Locomotive Steam locomotive No.57007 Ankara Museum.JPG, 57007 1932 Henschel & Son (Germany) Locomotive *1909 Beuchelt & Co. (Germany) Wooden Passenger carriage *Restaurant carriage

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