Danish Railway Museum
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Railway museum | |
Public transit access | Odense station |
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Website | www.jernbanemuseum.dk |
The Danish Railway Museum (
it is situated in a former engine shed adjacent to the city's main railway station. It is the largest railway museum in Scandinavia.Covering 10,000 square metres, it contains some 50 locomotives and railway carriages on 20 railtracks from all periods of Danish rail history, plus some original buildings of Danish railways. Items from DSB's history include an E class steam locomotive used to haul the funeral train of King
S-train carriage and a 1950s Lyntog ('lightning train') express diesel multiple unit
.
In school holidays, the museum also runs a live steam-hauled train on a short section of track. These usually consist of a Class Hs loco and two carriages.
See also
References
- ^ "DSB: Milepæle i jernbanens historie" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-01-28.