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The Museum opened in 1990 and is located in what was built as an engine shed at the end of XIX century. About 900 workers did the maintenance and repair jobs for locomotives until 1967, when these activities ceased. |
The Museum opened in 1990 and is located in what was built as an engine shed at the end of XIX century. About 900 workers did the maintenance and repair jobs for locomotives until 1967, when these activities ceased. |
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In the main building, attached to the museum, visitor can find a library, a collection of railway items such as caps, miniatures, machinery, etc. Also, there is an auditorium where every day a film about the history of the railway in Catalonia is shown. The reception, where the visitors can buy the entrance ticket, is the original ticket office |
In the main building, attached to the museum, visitor can find a library, a collection of railway items such as caps, miniatures, machinery, etc. Also, there is an auditorium where every day a film about the history of the railway in Catalonia is shown. The reception, where the visitors can buy the entrance ticket, is the original ticket office from a railway station in the village of La Granada, which is about 15 miles north of Vilanova and has around 2000 inhabitants. |
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In 1972, the [[MOROP]], European association that federates national associations of railroad and model railroad enthusiasts, held their nineteenth congress invited by the Associació d'Amics del Ferrocarril de Barcelona.<ref>Associació d'Amics del Ferrocarril de Barcelona</ref> The amount of antique locomotives in that exhibition where kept stored in these facilities. In 1981, which was the centenary of the railway commercial line between Barcelona and Vilanova, was the original idea to create a Railway Museum in this facilities. Initially, the [[RENFE]] (National Spanish Railway Public Company) and the autonomous government of Catalonia, la [[Generalitat de Catalunya]], developed the project and later, the town council of Vilanova joined the project. |
In 1972, the [[MOROP]], European association that federates national associations of railroad and model railroad enthusiasts, held their nineteenth congress invited by the Associació d'Amics del Ferrocarril de Barcelona.<ref>Associació d'Amics del Ferrocarril de Barcelona</ref> The amount of antique locomotives in that exhibition where kept stored in these facilities. In 1981, which was the centenary of the railway commercial line between Barcelona and Vilanova, was the original idea to create a Railway Museum in this facilities. Initially, the [[RENFE]] (National Spanish Railway Public Company) and the autonomous government of Catalonia, la [[Generalitat de Catalunya]], developed the project and later, the town council of Vilanova joined the project. |
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Revision as of 10:17, 20 June 2016
The Catalonia Railway Museum (Catalan: Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya) in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Catalonia, Spain) has a large collection of historic railway locomotives and other rolling stock in the former station roundhouse and on its surrounding outdoor grounds. It is located close to the railway station in Vilanova i la Geltrú, 40 km south of Barcelona.[1]
History
The Museum opened in 1990 and is located in what was built as an engine shed at the end of XIX century. About 900 workers did the maintenance and repair jobs for locomotives until 1967, when these activities ceased.
In the main building, attached to the museum, visitor can find a library, a collection of railway items such as caps, miniatures, machinery, etc. Also, there is an auditorium where every day a film about the history of the railway in Catalonia is shown. The reception, where the visitors can buy the entrance ticket, is the original ticket office from a railway station in the village of La Granada, which is about 15 miles north of Vilanova and has around 2000 inhabitants.
In 1972, the MOROP, European association that federates national associations of railroad and model railroad enthusiasts, held their nineteenth congress invited by the Associació d'Amics del Ferrocarril de Barcelona.[2] The amount of antique locomotives in that exhibition where kept stored in these facilities. In 1981, which was the centenary of the railway commercial line between Barcelona and Vilanova, was the original idea to create a Railway Museum in this facilities. Initially, the RENFE (National Spanish Railway Public Company) and the autonomous government of Catalonia, la Generalitat de Catalunya, developed the project and later, the town council of Vilanova joined the project.
Finally the Museum opened in August the 5th, 1990. Later, in 1993 RENFE assigned the management of the operations for the Museum to an institution held in Madrid in charge of this museum and the Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid, the Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles.[3] In 2010 the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya stablished an academic master's degree on Railway systems and Electrical Traction in their facilities in Vilanova.
The items collected in this Museum are of a quality and interest highly considered internationally. The collection has more than sixty vehicles from all periods of history, diverse countries of origin and different technologies. 28 notable steam locomotives from late XIX century and a copy of the first steam locomotive used in the Iberian Peninsula (1848), which is in a demo real short trip each month's first Sundays, back and forth along the museum's roundhouse. Also, visitors find diesel and electric locomotives, coaches, a Bogie type Harlan, a signal bridge, and an original interlocking lever frame table used in the Barcelona central railway station.
The Museum's Library has more than 6.100 volumes in its catalogue of which several are originals dated along the 1950 decade. The total record of items is avobe 5.000, of which 400 are video recordings and 10.000 photografic pictures Visitors can find works about trains and vehicles, rail traffic documentation, history and legislation, statistics, infrastructure and more railway related items.
Locomotives
| Ref | Year | Object | Nickname | Manufacturer | Description | Image |
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| ND | 1948 | Locomotive 1-1-1 (see below, in Image Gallery, the wheel-arrangement codes) | Mataró | Maquinista Terrestre i Marítima | First train in the Iberian Peninsula to service the first line (Barcelona-Mataró) | 
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| MZA 168 | 1854 | Steam locomotive 120/2112 | Martorell | Sharp & Stewart Manchester | Oldest original locomotive in Spain. Shown in the Exposició Internacional de Barcelona de 1929 | 
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| MZA 246 | 1857 | Steam locomotive 030/2013 | Mamut | Ritson Wilson i Cail Cockeril | Second oldest original locomotive in Spain. General purpose trains |  |
| Andaluces 4 | 1871 | Steam locomotive 020-04 | Andaluces | COCKERILL | Small type locomotive usen in urban areas and servicing factories | 
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| MZA 571 | 1879 | Steam locomotive 040-2019 | Vilanova | Sharp & Steward (Regne Unit) | In Vilanova i la Geltrú since 1949 |  |
| Norte 1653 | 1881 | Steam locomotive 030-2110 | Perruca | Andre Koechlin & Cie | Servicing the North East lines of Spain | 
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| Oeste 9 | 1881 | Steam locomotive 220-2005 | Hartmann | For Passenger trains |  | |
| Oeste 77 | 1884 | Steam locomotive 120-2131 | Maschinenfabrik Esslingen AG | For Passenger trains |  | |
| Alcantarilla- Lorca,4 | 1884 | Steam locomotive 030-2369 | Bicicleta (bicycle) | United Kingdom | For passenger trains |  |
| Alcañiz - La Puebla de Híjar, 4 | 1885 | Steam locomotive 020-210 | Teresita/Clot | Belgium | Manoeuvring locomotive | 
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| Mollet - Caldes, 6 | 1887 | Steam locomotive 030-0233 | Caldes | Maquinaria Terrestre y Marítima | For passenger trains. Used finally for manoeuvring |  |
| Andaluces, 6 | Steam locomotive 220-2023 | Bobadilla | Beyer, Peacock and Company | For passenger trains | _-_A17.JPG) | |
| MZA 651 | 1901 | Steam locomotive 230-4001 | Compound | Henschel i Maffei (Alemanya) | Fast trains locomotive |  |
| Ferrocarril Central de Aragón, 1 | 1902 | Steam locomotive 030-2471 | FCA 1 | Société Anonyme St. Leonard | For Passenger trains |  |
| Ferrocarril Central de Aragón, 53 | 1906 | Steam locomotive 060-4013 | Mallet-Compound | Switzerland | Heavy materils trains | 
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| Norte 3101 | 1909 | Steam locomotive 230-2085 | Hanomag (Alemanya) | For Passenger trains |  | |
| MZA 1155 | 1913 | Steam locomotive 240-2135 | Mastodonte | Germany | General purpose locomotive | 
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| Ferrocarril Central de Aragón, 74 | 1927 | Steam locomotive 240-2074 | Mastodonte | Tubize (Bèlgica) | General purpose locomotive. 115 km/h maximum speed |  |
| FCA 101 | Steam locomotive 462F-0401 | Beyer-Garratt | Euskalduna, Bilbao | This locomotive is temporarily transferred to a depot near the town of Lleida | 
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| MZA 1808 | 1939 | Steam locomotive 241F-2108 | Linda Tapada | Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima (Barcelona) | General purpose locomotive | 
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| 5001 | 1942 | Steam locomotive 151F-3101 | Santa Fe | Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima | Heavy and powerful locomotive | 
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| Renfe | Steam locomotive Renfe 240F-2591 | Euskalduna (Bilbao) | .jpg)
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| Renfe | 1953 | Locomotores de Vapor 141F-2101/2348 | Mikado | North British Locomotive Company | A Mikado locomotive in this Museum was the last steam locomotive servicing in Spain Espanya |  |
| Norte i Renfe 7001 | 1928 | Electric locomotive 270-001 | Chata | Electric Locomotive |  | |
| Norte i Renfe 7206 | 1928 | Electric locomotive 272-006 | Cocodrilo | Electric Locomotive | 
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| Estado i Renfe 1004 | 1929 | Electric locomotive 280-004 | CAF SECHERON (Guipúscoa) | Pulling trains along Pirenean close bent lines |  | |
| Renfe 7807 | 1954 | Electric locomotive 278-007 | Panchorga | USA | Electric Locomotive initially for travellers, ending as goods transportation | .jpg)
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| Renfe 7652 | Electric locomotive Alstom 276-052 | Carrying 4 coaches type 6000 |  | |||
| Norte i Renfe 9165 | 1935 | Automotor 590-165 | EUA | Light autonomous for short distances. |  | |
| Ou (Catalan for "Egg") | 1940 | Dresina de via i obres | Transport for service personnel (12 seats) | 
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| 3T | 1950 | Locomotive 350-003 | Talgo II | Talgo trains | Carrying Talgo trains | 
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| 1801 | 1958 | Diesel locomotive 318-001 | Marilyn | American Locomotives Co. (ALCO) | Servicing Galicia (North-West) lines |  |
| Talgo | 1983 | Diesel locomotive Talgo 354-001 | Virgen de Covadonga | Krauss Maffei (Alemanya) | Carrying Talgo trains | 
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| 2005 T | 1964 | Cabin of the Talgo III locomotive | Virgen del Carmen | Carrying Talgo trains | 
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| RENFE 281 (previously 1000) | 1927 | Electric locomotive | Ripoll | CAF | This locomotive was built to service the Ripoll-Puigcerdà line | ND |
Image Gallery
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Original interlocking frame from "Estació de França", 1929, Barcelona -
Levers in the interlocking frame -
Map of line Valls-Vilanova-Barcelona -
Identification codes used by RENFE in locomotives -
Numbering codes for wheels arrangements -
Vehicles for rail maintenance -
Manual service operation coach (350 kg weight) -
First class coach -
Miniatures -
Display cabinet old items -
Rail gauges -
1848 Annual Report "Camino de Hierro de Barcelona a Mataró" -
3rd class passenger wooden coachrebuilt on 1991 in Vilanova i la Geltrú -
Auditorium -
Baby-sitting area
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See also
References
- ^ "A museum showing off 160 years of railway history". Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ Associació d'Amics del Ferrocarril de Barcelona
- ^ Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles