Guangzhou Railway Museum () is a

railway 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 ...

Liwan District Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest. Th ...

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

Guangdong Province ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

, China.

History

The museum is situated on the site of a former railway station, Huangsha, which opened in July 1907. On 18 December 1946, passenger services stopped using the station and it was renamed Guangzhou South. It closed completely on 10 June 2005. The museum opened on 18 May 2022,

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The museum has an indoor area of approximately 18,500 square metres and an outdoor area of approximately 10,500 square metres. *

China Railways JS The China Railways JS () are a type of 2-8-2 tender steam locomotive manufactured for use on mainline freight trains, as well as for heavy shunting. History The JS was developed at the Dalian locomotive works by combining the chassis of the Chi ...

steam locomotive * China Railways DF4D diesel-electric locomotive * China Railways SS6B electric locomotive * China Railways type 22 coaches (hard seat cars) * China Railways 25G rolling stock (dining car) * China Railways P1 Boxcar * China Railway DJJ1 power car (had been taken down) * China Railways 25C rolling stock (class 2 soft seat car, had been taken down)

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