The Museum of Romanian Railroad History

About This Museum

It's a little-known fact that Romania once operated one of the world's most extensive narrow-gauge railway networks, a story told not in a sterile glass box but amidst the soot and steel of its own history. The museum is an unexpectedly charming mix of indoor halls and a sprawling open-air yard, where you can walk right up to the giants of the past. Inside, an incredibly detailed, sprawling model railway brings the entire system to life in miniature, complete with tiny villages and chugging locomotives. Outside, the air smells of old iron and creosote as you wander between colossal steam engines and elegant, wood-paneled passenger cars.