Romanian Railway Museum (Bucharest)

Romania / Bukarest / Bucharest
 museum, railroad museum
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Coordinates:   44°26'54"N   26°4'22"E

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  • The idea of ​​founding a museum of Romanian railways is old, assuming concrete forms in 1924, when they are saved by dismantling some old locomotives and cars, among which the locomotive called "Calugareni, one of the first steam locomotives that run on the line Bucharest-Giurgiu, in 1869. He who had merit of setting up this museum was renowned engineer Theodor Bals (1880-1965), supported by the then Director of the CFR, Mihail Ionescu. This material formed the nucleus of the museum's stock opened at 10 June 1939, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Bucharest-Giurgiu railway opening in the holidays "Ceferiadei". This material was garat in stock lines in the park stadium "Giulesti". Other exhibits were arranged in a particular room, the length of 45 m,situated in stadium arenas "Giulesti. Also in the holidays "Ceferiadei" Nicolae Tanase, first romanian mecanic of locomotive/train driver (then 70 years old) has the honor to open these holidays, as a locomotive engineer, conductor of the train which restores towing route Bucharest-Giurgiu. In early 1953, the local museum is arranged in the current Romanian Railways (Bucharest, sector 1, Grivitei, nr.193 B), comprising four rooms. In 1969, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first railroads in the territory since then Romania (Bucharest-Giurgiu line), there are a series of festivities, culminating with the departure from line 14 of the Gara de Nord The inaugural train, like the one showing the way the railway technical progress in Romania, with a century ago.
  • Everything now is rebuilt railway museum and its collections are restored and renewed. Unfortunately, in recent years (amid dwindling funds allocated, but also reducing the number of visitors) are not well maintained collections, a room (of 4) is dissolved, and the most valuable exhibits, suite Train Calugareni is not exposed, probably moved to Bucharest Railway Yard. It also appears that the proposal to move the museum to another location in the Filaret.
  • Langa Muzeul CFR este si "Centrul de perfectionare a cadrelor din transporturi si telecomunicatii".
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