Bulawayo Railway Museum

Steam locomotives at the museum in 1990.

Bulawayo Railway Museum is a museBulawayo railway station in Zimbabwe, with several exhibits of the history of railways in Zimbabwe and Rhodesia.^[1][2] Its oldest exhibits date back as far as 1897,^[3] and include Cecil Rhodes' personal railway coach.^[4]

The museum is owned by NRZ.^[5] Due to the severe shortage of rolling stock, some steam locomotives in the museum have, in the past, been refurbished and returned to service.^[6]

Exhibits include:

• No. 115 — 9B class built by North British Locomotive Company (21478 of 1917)
• No. 127 — 11th class built by Montreal Locomotive Works (159119 of 1918)
• No. 330 — 19th class built by Henschel (27400 of 1952)
• No. 1200 — DE2 class diesel – built by English Electric in 1955

References

1. "Bulawayo's Railway Museum". 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
2. "Railroad Museums: AFRICA". 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
3. "Places to visit in Bulawayo, Bulawayo Tourist Guide, Bulawayo1872.com". 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
4. "How to travel by train in Zimbabwe - a complete guide". 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
5. "Bulawayo Railway Museum". 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
6. "Zimbabwe — Last Of The Beyer Garretts". 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

External links

• Unofficial museum homepage
• Photographs of the museum

Coordinates: 20°09′49″S 28°34′28″E / 20.1637°S 28.5745°E