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The museum is over 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) and displays 22 locomotives. It also displays 1,200 other objects, including an original 19th-century railway bridge. One of the most important objects in the museum is the
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and in a new shed built to its north. Although scheduled to open in 2014, its opening was delayed until September 2015, when it was solemnly opened by
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Electric locomotive 1503 (left) and diesel locomotive 6406 (right)
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Smith, Ron (December 2016 – January 2017). "Train World".
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Steam locomotives on display
Pays du Waes
steam locomotives
Schaarbeek railway station
Schaerbeek
Coordinates
50°52′41″N 4°22′46″E / 50.87806°N 4.37944°E / 50.87806; 4.37944
Railway museum
Official website
railway museum
Schaerbeek
Brussels
National Railway Company of Belgium
Schaarbeek railway station
King Philippe
railway museum
Schaarbeek railway station
King Philippe
Pays du Waes
steam locomotive
continental Europe
Former ticket hall of Schaerbeek railway station, now used as an exhibition space
Schaerbeek railway station
Deck of a railway viaduct over the Meuse, which now serves as a raised platform for the public
Meuse
Electric locomotive 1503 (left) and diesel locomotive 6406 (right)
Steam locomotive type 12 (left) and AM 35 (right)
Belgium portal
History of Brussels

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