The Hejaz Railway Museum (Arabic: متحف سكة الحجاز, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [mat.ħaf sɪk.kat al.ħɪ.dʒaːz]) in Medina is a railway museum that was opened in 2006.[1] It is on the grounds[2] of the restored[3] historic Ottoman railway station at Medina, locally called استسيون "Istasyōn" (Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ɪs.tas.ˈjoːn]), including a stretch of the historic track and a train shed[4] with originally four tracks. There are several engines and pieces of rolling stock on display, some of which were transported to the museum from other places along the historic Hejaz railway line. At least one engine has been restored enough to be driveable on the museum tracks. It is, along with the old train station at Mada'in Saleh, one of two museums in Saudi Arabia dedicated to the Hejaz railway.
متحف سكة الحجاز | |
 A side view of the museum | |
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| Location | Medina, Saudi Arabia |
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| Type | History museum |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Article Hejaz Railway Museum Opened Arab News. 21 January 2006
- ^ Station Restoration Plan for 2004 at the Medina page of Nabataea.net
- ^ Medina Station Restoration Plan Archived 15 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine at the Medina Nabataea.net
- ^ Pictures of the shed restoration among others at the Medina Station Museum Nabataea.net
External links
edit- A list of the eleven locomotives of the Hejaz railway that have survived including six at Medina is cited here, discussing the origin of some. Most of the information is taken from the German book "Die Hedschas-Bahn – Eine Deutsche Eisenbahn in der Wüste", by Dieter Noll/Benno Bickel/Ahmad v. Denffer, DGEG, 1995.
- Picture gallery with pictures among others of the fully restored functional engine 105 according to the plate on this picture.
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