Santiago Railway Museum

Santiago Railway Museum

Museo Ferroviario de Santiago
Steam locomotive manufactured by Rogers in 1896
Established	1984
Location	Quinta Normal Park, Santiago, Chile
Coordinates	33°26′35″S70°41′07″W / 33.44306°S 70.68528°W / -33.44306; -70.68528
Type	Railway Museum
Collection size	20
Public transit access	Quinta Normal Metro Station
Website	https://www.corpdicyt.cl/mferroviario

The Santiago Railway Museum is the railway museum of the city of Santiago, located on the Quinta Normal Park, ^{[1] [2]} in the capital of Chile.

History

In 1980, the Santiago Municipality and the Chilean Rail Company EFE signed an agreement to build a rail museum in the Quinta Normal Park. ^[3] As part of the agreement, EFE ceded multiple historical steam locomotives. ^[4] Four years later, in 1984, the museum was inaugurated to the public. The museum currently counts has 16 locomotives and 4 passenger cars. ^[5]

Kitson-Meyer 3349, year 1909, preserved in the Santiago Railway Museum.

Water crane. Stothert & Pitt, Bath, 1875. Santiago Railway Museum.

References

1. "Museo Ferroviario de Santiago". Registro de Museos de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
2. "Parque Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – EFE Trenes de Chile". www.efe.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
3. "Biblioteca y Archivo, Parque Museo ferroviario de Santiago. Recuperando el patrimonio bibliográfico y documental para la memoria ferroviaria del país. - FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE". FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE (in European Spanish). 2020-06-22. Archived from the original on 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
4. "Museo Ferroviario de Santiago". www.amigosdeltren.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
5. "Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – Santiago Turismo". www.santiagoturismo.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-09.