Santiago Railway Museum
Museo Ferroviario de Santiago | |
Steam locomotive manufactured by Rogers in 1896 | |
| Established | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Location | Quinta Normal Park, Santiago, Chile |
| Coordinates | 33°26′35″S 70°41′07″W / 33.44306°S 70.68528°W |
| Type | Railway Museum |
| Collection size | 20 |
| Public transit access | Quinta Normal Metro Station |
| Website | https://www.corpdicyt.cl/mferroviario |
The Santiago Railway Museum is the railway museum of the city of Santiago, located on the Quinta Normal Park,[1][2] in the capital of Chile.
History
In 1980, the Santiago Municipality and the Chilean Rail Company EFE signed an agreement to build a rail museum in the Quinta Normal Park.[3] As part of the agreement, EFE ceded multiple historical steam locomotives.[4] Four years later, in 1984, the museum was inaugurated to the public. The museum currently counts has 16 locomotives and 4 passenger cars.[5]
References
- ^ "Museo Ferroviario de Santiago". Registro de Museos de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "Parque Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – EFE Trenes de Chile". www.efe.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "Biblioteca y Archivo, Parque Museo ferroviario de Santiago. Recuperando el patrimonio bibliográfico y documental para la memoria ferroviaria del país. - FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE". FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE (in European Spanish). 2020-06-22. Archived from the original on 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "Museo Ferroviario de Santiago". www.amigosdeltren.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – Santiago Turismo". www.santiagoturismo.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-09.