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| Established | 2002 |
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| Location | Beijing,PRC |
| Coordinates | 39°59′47″N116°30′37″E / 39.9963°N 116.5103°E /39.9963; 116.5103 |
| Type | Railway museum |
| Website | Official website |
TheChina Railway Museum (simplified Chinese:中国铁道博物馆;traditional Chinese:中國鐵道博物館;pinyin:Zhōngguó Tiědào Bówùguǎn) is a Chinese museum preserving locomotives that have operated on the railways of thePeople's Republic of China. The museum offers a total exhibition space of 16,500 square metres (178,000 sq ft) and eight exhibition tracks.
The museum is located inChaoyang District ofBeijing, some 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of downtown Beijing, inside the circular test track that is part of theChina National Railway Test Centre [zh]. It also has a branch in downtown Beijing, in the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station nearTian'anmen Square.
The China Railway Museum has its origins in the 1950s when theMinistry of Railways (MOR) created a temporary exhibit for the Economic Achievements Exhibition in Beijing. This exhibition, which was held by the National Economic Development Committee, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the establishment of thePeople's Republic of China.
The MOR then founded the Central Technical Library in 1958 to promote scientific and technological advancements and support the growth of the Chinese railway industry. This institution subsequently became the MOR Exhibition Group, then the MOR Exhibition Department, and finally the MOR Science and Technology Museum.
On 2 November 2002, the MOR Science and Technology Museum's locomotive exhibition hall was opened to the public and was officially renamed the China Railway Museum on 1 September 2003.
The museum expanded further in October 2009 when the Beijing Railway Museum was integrated into the China Railway Museum.[1]
TheBeijing Railway Museum (Chinese:北京铁路博物馆;pinyin:Běijīng Tiělù Bówùguǎn) was opened in 2008 in a building which includes the clock-tower of the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station of theJingfeng Railway (Chinese:京奉铁路正阳门东车站;pinyin:Jīngfèng Tiělù Zhèngyáng Mén Dōng Chēzhàn), just southeast of theTian'anmen Square. The rest of the building is entirely new-build, dating from the 1979 construction ofBeijing Subway Line 4, which required the rest of the old station to be demolished. The historic facade was then reconstructed, in mirror-image, on the opposite (right hand) side of the clock tower. In October 2009, Beijing Railway Museum was renamed to theZhengyangmen Branch (正阳门馆) of the China Railway Museum. This part of the museum contains only one full size historic locomotive - an 0-6-0 tank engine from the 19th century. The rest of the displays comprise models,[2] maps (some in 3D relief), photographs,[3] documents and displays about the development of railways in China, including architectural models of six new stations on the CRHChina Railway High-speed system. Also on display is aCRH3 cab simulator.
| No. | Class | Builder | Track Gauge | Wheel Configuration | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0004 | QJ | Dalian Locomotive Works | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 2-10-2 |  |
| 23 | SN | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) | 0-10-0 | .jpg) |
| 1001 | RM | CSR Sifang Co Ltd. | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 4-6-2 |  |
| 1019 | GJ | Taiyuan Locomotive Works | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 0-6-0T |  |
| 1979 | FD | Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Factory | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 2-10-2 |  |
| KF1 [Note 1] | KF1 | Vulcan Foundry | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 4-8-4 | .jpg) |
| 4290 | DFH1 | CSR Sifang Co Ltd. | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | B’B’ |  |
| 5001 | JS | Dalian Locomotive Works | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 2-8-2 |  |
| 035 | MG1 | North British Locomotive Company | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 2-6-0 | .jpg) |
