Swiss Museum of Transport (Trains)

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Swiss Museum of Transport (Trains) / Switzerland
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Swiss Museum of Transport (Trains)

Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne about 55 years is an interesting technical museum, original modern witnessed the history of transport. It is the most visited museum in Switzerland. Contains exposure train, automobile, aviation and maritime transport with lots of interactive exhibits.

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38 exhibits
9 panoramas
Switzerland

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Really good collection of european trains. I liked those futuristic transport from the past.

Arthur, Russia

Interesting exhibits of the museum

1899 - Electrical locomotive De 2/2 no 2

Electric locomotive De 2/2 No 2 Burgdorf-Thun Railway BTB 1899 The Burgdorf-Thun railway was the first standard-gauge line in Europe to use the relatively simple, and therefore reliable, three-phase electric motors. These required the current to...

1902 - Seebach-Wettingen test locomotive No 1

Seebach-Wettingen test locomotive No 1 Eva Oerlikon Engineering Works MFO 1902 Single-phase alternating current has many advantages for railways. Its voltage can easily be altered with transformers, and only one contact line is needed....

1909 - Rack steam locomotive HG 3/3 No 1063

Rack steam locomotive HG 3/3 No 1063 CFF Brunig line 1909 From 1888 on, the Brunig line between Lucerne and Interlaken was built for steam operation. On the level sections in the valley one used ordinary locomotives, but for the mountain...

1921 - BBC MFO SLM Crocodile

BBCMFOSLM 66t 790kW 11kV16 2/3Hz 55km/h gauge 1000mm restored by the Rhaetian Railway in operation 1921-1984 Simplified Crocodile for the RhB Electrical freight locomotive Ge 6/61 No 402 Rhaetian Railway RhB 1921 In the course of its...

1956 - Electrical locomotive Ae 6/6 No 11413 "Schaffhausen"

Electric locomotive Ae 6/6 No 11413 “Schaffhausen“ Swiss Federal Railways SBB 1956 The first 25 locomotives of the legendary Ae 6/6 series delivered in the years from 1952-1958 were given the names and coats of arms of the Swiss cantons....

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