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The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the
In poor condition, the following EIS/ ISAP rolling stock is in open air storage awaiting renovation:
* Tram car EIS 54 of Piraeus Harbour tram.
* EIS 59 overhead line maintenance vehicle of Piraeus Harbour Tram.
* EIS 31 Goossens ''steeple-cab'' electric locomotive.
* EIS 501A trailer for first generation
Museum web page
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The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation
The Hellenic Railways Organisation or OSE ( el, Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδος, italic=yes or el, Ο.Σ.Ε.) is the Greek national railway company which owns, maintains and operates all railway infrastructure in ...
(OSE) in 1978.
It was located at 4 Siokou Street in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
, but the collection has since been moved to the former MPR Depot site in Lefka, Piraeus in 2019 (not to be confused with the Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus
The Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus ( el, Μουσείο Ηλεκτρικών Σιδηροδρόμων) is a railway museum in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The museum was established in 2005 in the space of the former Post Office in Piraeus railwa ...
. The museum has a collection of items related to the history of rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...
in Greece, it is now (2022) closed for public.
Notable exhibits
The rolling stock in the Museum's collection includes the following: * Krauss 0-4-0T metre gauge steam locomotive 4, ''Tiryns'' (1884). * Couillet 0-6-0T metre gauge steam locomotive A-5, ''Messolongion'', of the former Northeastern Greece Railways (1888). * Couillet 2-6-0T metre gauge steam locomotive Γ-211 (1890). * 2-6-0 metre gauge locomotive Z-7505 of SPAP, Societé Alscacienne de Constructions Mechaniques Grafenstaden (1890). * Cail 0-6-2RT steam locomotive no 4 ofDiakofto Kalavrita Railway
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(1899) with ΔΚ-111 3rd class passenger coach.
* Β 151 2-4-0 metre gauge steam locomotive made by Henschel & Sohn, Cassel, S/N 11135 (1912).
* Εα 204 Batignolles 2-6-0T standard gauge
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steam locomotive (1903), converted to a snowplough
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.
* Royal saloon (standard gauge) of Athens-Piraeus Railway. Built at Piraeus Works of ''Athens & Piraeus Railway'' (predecessor of EIS and ISAP) as a gift to King George I for the 25 anniversary of his reign. It was first exhibited at the ''Olympia'' International Exhibition of Athens (1888).
* Open coach (standard gauge), a present of Oriental Railways to Sultan Abdul Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
* MAN/EIS standard gauge tram vehicle 63 of the former Piraeus Harbour Tram (1935) of ''Hellenic Electric Railways S.A.'' (EIS).
Three industrial locomotives from Eretria Chrome Mines:
* An 0-2-0T industrial steam locomotive made by Jung (1927).
* An 0-2-0T industrial steam locomotive made by Orenstein & Koppel
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(1904).
* An industrial diesel locomotive made by Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (1957).
In poor condition, the following EIS/ ISAP rolling stock is in open air storage awaiting renovation:
* Tram car EIS 54 of Piraeus Harbour tram.
* EIS 59 overhead line maintenance vehicle of Piraeus Harbour Tram.
* EIS 31 Goossens ''steeple-cab'' electric locomotive.
* EIS 501A trailer for first generation EMU
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.
* An electric railcar of Piraeus-Perama light railway.
See also
*Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus
The Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus ( el, Μουσείο Ηλεκτρικών Σιδηροδρόμων) is a railway museum in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The museum was established in 2005 in the space of the former Post Office in Piraeus railwa ...
References
External links
Museum web page
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Athens
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Rail transport in Attica